Universal Corporation (UVV): Price and Financial Metrics

UVV POWR Grades

• Value is the dimension where UVV ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 83.8% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for UVV is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 177 days.
• UVV ranks lowest in Quality; there it ranks in the 16th percentile.

UVV Stock Summary

• UNIVERSAL CORP's stock had its IPO on January 5, 1988, making it an older stock than 89.88% of US equities in our set.
• Of note is the ratio of UNIVERSAL CORP's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 87.23% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The volatility of UNIVERSAL CORP's share price is greater than that of merely 4.45% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to UVV, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are GTES, DLA, SON, MGRC, and BBCP.
• UVV's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit UNIVERSAL CORP's official web site, go to www.universalcorp.com.

UVV Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Consumer Defensive stock, UVV's EV/EBIT ratio is 32.37% lower, now standing at 11.7.
• UVV's price/sales ratio has moved down 0 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for UVV.

UVV Growth Metrics

The 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 243.13%.
• The 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -24%.
• The 3 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at -72.72%.

UVV's revenue has moved up $451,600,000 over the prior 70 months.

The table below shows UVV's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	2,522.818	-87.392	96.115
2022-09-30	2,380.423	-180.595	89.395
2022-06-30	2,183.394	-53.966	87.05
2022-03-31	2,103.601	44.882	86.577
2021-12-31	2,074.218	130.215	100.168
2021-09-30	2,094.505	249.602	98.501

UVV's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• UVV has a Quality Grade of D, ranking ahead of 15.18% of graded US stocks.
• UVV's asset turnover comes in at 0.861 -- ranking 86th of 105 Wholesale stocks.
• SPRS, KAMN, and NGL are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with UVV.

The table below shows UVV's key quality metrics over time.