Consumer Defensive
Live Price
Offline$52.16
-1.23% today
1Y Change
-9.41%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026
Coverage: 245 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Universal Corporation (UVV) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $1.35B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $52.16 and down 9.4% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +7.2%, EPS growth of -20.8%, a dividend yield of 6.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +7.2%, EPS -20.8%, free cash flow +288.0% with operating margin 7.8% and ROIC 5.7%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 6.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 15.9 and price/sales 0.5. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines UVV price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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UVV
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Normalized return
SPY
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Relative to SPY
UVV Max Drawdown
-15.47%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for UVV and SPY.
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
6.05%
Trailing 12M Payout
$3.28
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2026 | Apr 15, 2026 | May 4, 2026 | $0.82 | $0.82 | Quarterly |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Jan 12, 2026 | Feb 2, 2026 | $0.82 | $0.82 | Quarterly |
| Oct 10, 2025 | Oct 13, 2025 | Nov 3, 2025 | $0.82 | $0.82 | Quarterly |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Jul 14, 2025 | Aug 4, 2025 | $0.82 | $0.82 | Quarterly |
| Apr 14, 2025 | Apr 14, 2025 | May 5, 2025 | $0.81 | $0.81 | Quarterly |
| Jan 13, 2025 | Jan 13, 2025 | Feb 3, 2025 | $0.81 | $0.81 | Quarterly |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Oct 14, 2024 | Nov 4, 2024 | $0.81 | $0.81 | Quarterly |
| Jul 8, 2024 | Jul 8, 2024 | Aug 5, 2024 | $0.81 | $0.81 | Quarterly |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Apr 8, 2024 | May 6, 2024 | $0.80 | $0.80 | Quarterly |
| Jan 5, 2024 | Jan 8, 2024 | Feb 5, 2024 | $0.80 | $0.80 | Quarterly |
| Oct 5, 2023 | Oct 9, 2023 | Nov 6, 2023 | $0.80 | $0.80 | Quarterly |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Jul 10, 2023 | Aug 7, 2023 | $0.80 | $0.80 | Quarterly |
| Apr 6, 2023 | Apr 10, 2023 | May 1, 2023 | $0.79 | $0.79 | Quarterly |
| Jan 6, 2023 | Jan 9, 2023 | Feb 6, 2023 | $0.79 | $0.79 | Quarterly |
| Oct 6, 2022 | Oct 10, 2022 | Nov 7, 2022 | $0.79 | $0.79 | Quarterly |
| Jul 8, 2022 | Jul 11, 2022 | Aug 1, 2022 | $0.79 | $0.79 | Quarterly |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Apr 11, 2022 | May 2, 2022 | $0.78 | $0.78 | Quarterly |
| Jan 7, 2022 | Jan 10, 2022 | Feb 7, 2022 | $0.78 | $0.78 | Quarterly |
| Oct 7, 2021 | Oct 11, 2021 | Nov 1, 2021 | $0.78 | $0.78 | Quarterly |
| Jul 9, 2021 | Jul 12, 2021 | Aug 2, 2021 | $0.78 | $0.78 | Quarterly |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Apr 12, 2021 | May 3, 2021 | $0.77 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Jan 8, 2021 | Jan 11, 2021 | Feb 1, 2021 | $0.77 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Oct 12, 2020 | Nov 2, 2020 | $0.77 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Jul 10, 2020 | Jul 13, 2020 | Aug 3, 2020 | $0.77 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Apr 9, 2020 | Apr 13, 2020 | May 4, 2020 | $0.76 | $0.76 | Quarterly |
| Jan 10, 2020 | Jan 13, 2020 | Feb 3, 2020 | $0.76 | $0.76 | Quarterly |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Oct 7, 2019 | Nov 4, 2019 | $0.76 | $0.76 | Quarterly |
| Jul 5, 2019 | Jul 8, 2019 | Aug 5, 2019 | $0.76 | $0.76 | Quarterly |
| Apr 5, 2019 | Apr 8, 2019 | May 6, 2019 | $0.75 | $0.75 | Quarterly |
| Jan 4, 2019 | Jan 7, 2019 | Feb 4, 2019 | $0.75 | $0.75 | Quarterly |
| Oct 5, 2018 | Oct 9, 2018 | Nov 5, 2018 | $0.75 | $0.75 | Quarterly |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Jul 9, 2018 | Aug 6, 2018 | $0.75 | $0.75 | Quarterly |
| Apr 6, 2018 | Apr 9, 2018 | May 7, 2018 | $0.55 | $0.55 | Quarterly |
| Jan 5, 2018 | Jan 8, 2018 | Feb 5, 2018 | $0.55 | $0.55 | Quarterly |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Oct 10, 2017 | Nov 6, 2017 | $0.54 | $0.54 | Quarterly |
| Jul 6, 2017 | Jul 10, 2017 | Aug 7, 2017 | $0.54 | $0.54 | Quarterly |
| Apr 6, 2017 | Apr 10, 2017 | May 8, 2017 | $0.54 | $0.54 | Quarterly |
| Jan 5, 2017 | Jan 9, 2017 | Feb 6, 2017 | $0.54 | $0.54 | Quarterly |
| Oct 6, 2016 | Oct 11, 2016 | Nov 7, 2016 | $0.53 | $0.53 | Quarterly |
| Jul 7, 2016 | Jul 11, 2016 | Aug 8, 2016 | $0.53 | $0.53 | Quarterly |
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