Is Universal Corporation (UVV) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Universal Corporation's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 9.9, a forward P/E of about 12.2, a price-to-book of about 0.9 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Universal Corporation's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 4 years, about 100% of reported profit turned into operating cash — most of it, but worth reading alongside the cash-flow statement. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (1.00×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Universal Corporation's revenue?

Universal Corporation reported revenue of $2.9B for FY2026, with net profit of $32.6M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Universal Corporation (UVV)?

Universal Corporation last traded at $53.58 (+1.5% on the day), as of 7/22/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Universal Corporation

UVV · NYSE · Consumer Staples · United States

$53.58+1.5%

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance · as of Jul 22, 2026, 7:32 PM

Snapshot

TickerUVV

ExchangeNYSE

SectorConsumer Staples

IndustryTobacco

CountryUnited States

Employees11,250

HeadquartersRichmond, United States

Market cap$1.3B

P/E (TTM)9.9

P/B0.9

Volume104.81K

Websitewww.universalcorp.com

Filings tracked2

About Universal Corporation

Universal Corporation, a business-to-business agriproducts company, provides leaf tobacco and plant-based ingredients to food and beverage end markets worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Tobacco Operations and Ingredients Operations. The Tobacco Operations segment is involved in procuring, processing, packing of flue-cured, burley, dark air-cured, and oriental leaf tobacco for consumer product manufacturers, as well as provision of related services. This segment also offers specialty services, such as custom blending, chemical and physical testing of tobacco, service cutting, reconstituted leaf tobacco manufacturing, and just-in-time product delivery services; and liquid nicotine for tobacco products manufacturers, as well as recycled waste materials from tobacco production. The Ingredients Operations segment engages in the production of specialty plant-based ingredients, including fruits, vegetables, herbs, fruit and vegetable juices, concentrates, pomaces, ciders, purees, nutraceuticals, fruit fibers, seeds, seed powders, dehydrated products, botanical extracts, distillates, natural flavors, colors, and other value-added products for consumer-packaged goods manufacturers and retailers, as well as food, and beverage companies. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

Profile as reported by Yahoo Finance.

Who owns it

Insiders2.2%
Institutions83.6%
Public & other14.2%

323 institutional holders

As reported by Yahoo Finance.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.15.28%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP7.12%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC6.99%
State Street Corporation5.61%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC4.28%
Invesco Ltd.3.32%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.42%
Barclays Plc2.35%

Largest institutional holders, as reported by Yahoo Finance (as of 3/31/2026).

Forensic scorecard

Over 4 years, about 100% of reported profit turned into operating cash — most of it, but worth reading alongside the cash-flow statement.

Cash conversion1.00×

Over 4 years, about 100% of reported profit turned into operating cash — most of it, but worth reading alongside the cash-flow statement.

Net margin trend4.9% → 1.1%

Margin has compressed by about 3.7 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Return on equity2.3%

Latest ROE of 2.3% is on the low side — the business earns a modest return on shareholder capital.

Growth qualityrev 4% · PAT -36%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $728.9M · EPS 1.22

Est. earnings growth -10.3%

Next fiscal year

Rev $3.0B · EPS 4.38

Est. earnings growth +1.9%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance. As reported by Yahoo Finance.

$49.1952-wk range$59.38

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Market cap

$1.3B

Day change

+1.5%

P/E (TTM)

9.9

Fwd P/E

12.2

P/B

0.9

Div yield

6.29%

Beta

0.57

Revenue (FY2026)

$2.9B

Net margin

1.1%

ROE

2.3%

Revenue CAGR (3y)

+4.2%

Profit CAGR (3y)

-35.9%

EPS (FY2026)

1.30

Net profit (FY2026)

$32.6M

Market figures: Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance. Financials as reported in company filings.

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2026	$2.9B	$32.6M	1.30	1.1%	2.3%
FY2025	$2.9B	$95.0M	3.78	3.3%	6.5%
FY2024	$2.7B	$119.6M	4.78	4.4%	8.3%
FY2023	$2.5B	$124.1M	4.97	4.9%	8.9%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2025Q4	$853.2M	$33.2M	1.32	3.9%
2025Q3	$749.4M	$34.2M	1.36	4.6%
2025Q2	$592.6M	$8.5M	0.34	1.4%
2024Q4	$928.0M	$59.6M	2.37	6.4%
2024Q3	$708.4M	$25.9M	1.03	3.7%
2024Q2	$596.4M	$130,000	0.01	0.0%
2023Q4	$813.1M	$53.2M	2.12	6.5%
2023Q3	$635.8M	$28.1M	1.12	4.4%
2023Q2	$516.4M	$-2.1M	-0.08	-0.4%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

10-K filing
SEC6/1/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC5/28/2026material

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