Universal Corporation (UVV): Price and Financial Metrics
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UVV POWR Grades
- Value is the dimension where UVV ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 80.6% of US stocks.
- The strongest trend for UVV is in Momentum, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
- UVV's current lowest rank is in the Momentum metric (where it is better than 12.74% of US stocks).
UVV Stock Summary
- Universal Corp's stock had its IPO on January 5, 1988, making it an older stock than 89.32% of US equities in our set.
- UVV's price/sales ratio is 0.68; that's higher than the P/S ratio of merely 16.19% of US stocks.
- In terms of volatility of its share price, UVV is more volatile than only 17.36% of stocks we're observing.
- Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Universal Corp are CIR, MTW, FOE, KWR, and GTES.
- Visit UVV's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.universalcorp.com.
UVV Valuation Summary
- In comparison to the median Consumer Defensive stock, UVV's price/earnings ratio is 35.98% lower, now standing at 14.5.
- UVV's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 5 over the prior 243 months.
- UVV's price/sales ratio has moved up 0.2 over the prior 243 months.
Below are key valuation metrics over time for UVV.
Stock | Date | P/S | P/B | P/E | EV/EBIT |
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UVV | 2021-09-03 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 14.5 | 12.7 |
UVV | 2021-09-02 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 14.4 | 12.7 |
UVV | 2021-09-01 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 14.3 | 12.6 |
UVV | 2021-08-31 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 14.4 | 12.6 |
UVV | 2021-08-30 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 14.2 | 12.5 |
UVV | 2021-08-27 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 14.2 | 12.5 |
UVV Growth Metrics
- The 3 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 10.45%.
- Its 5 year price growth rate is now at -21.4%.
- The 4 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at -94.06%.

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 |
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2021-12-31 | 2,074.218 | 130.215 | 100.168 |
2021-09-30 | 2,094.505 | 249.602 | 98.501 |
2021-06-30 | 2,017.575 | 93.444 | 86.493 |
2021-03-31 | 1,983.357 | 220.414 | 87.41 |
2020-12-31 | 1,997.861 | 222.418 | 63.614 |
2020-09-30 | 1,829.979 | 140.757 | 56.307 |
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.
Period | Asset Turnover | Gross Margin | ROIC |
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2021-06-30 | 0.861 | 0.196 | 0.065 |
2021-03-31 | 0.874 | 0.195 | 0.065 |
2020-12-31 | 0.902 | 0.186 | 0.051 |
2020-09-30 | 0.849 | 0.177 | 0.045 |
2020-06-30 | 0.897 | 0.182 | 0.058 |
2020-03-31 | 0.881 | 0.187 | 0.059 |
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UVV Price/Volume Stats
Current price | $60.50 | 52-week high | $64.13 |
Prev. close | $60.61 | 52-week low | $46.24 |
Day low | $60.14 | Volume | 249,850 |
Day high | $61.12 | Avg. volume | 134,267 |
50-day MA | $59.86 | Dividend yield | 5.15% |
200-day MA | $54.39 | Market Cap | 1.49B |
Universal Corporation (UVV) Company Bio
Universal Corporation operates as a leaf tobacco merchant and processor worldwide. It engages in procuring, financing, processing, packing, storing, and shipping leaf tobacco for sale to, or for the account of, manufacturers of consumer tobacco products. The company was founded in 1888 and is based in Richmond, Virginia.
Latest UVV News From Around the Web
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Universal Corporation's (UVV) CEO George Freeman on Q3 2022 Results - Earnings Call TranscriptUniversal Corporation (UVV) Q3 2022 Earnings Conference Call February 2, 2022, 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Candace Formacek - Vice President and Treasurer George Freeman - Chairman, President and CEO Airton Hentschke - Chief Operating Officer Johan Kroner - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Ann Gurkin - Davenport Chris... |
Universal Corporation''s (UVV) CEO George Freeman on Q3 2022 Results - Earnings Call TranscriptNo summary available. |
UVV Price Returns
1-mo | -4.99% |
3-mo | 3.92% |
6-mo | 13.16% |
1-year | 12.37% |
3-year | 17.36% |
5-year | 21.86% |
YTD | 13.16% |
2021 | 19.59% |
2020 | -8.96% |
2019 | 11.08% |
2018 | 7.79% |
2017 | -14.79% |
UVV Dividends
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