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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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
UVV Max Drawdown
-15.47%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$2.0B
-5.7% YoY
FY Net Income
$87.4M
+1.0% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$154.3M
+1953.9% YoY
Revenue Growth
+7.2%
EPS Growth
-20.8%
Gross Margin
18.2%
Net Margin
2.9%
Income statement
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| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.9B | 2.7B | 2.6B | 2.1B | 2.0B |
| Gross Profit | 549M | 536M | 458M | 409M | 386M |
| Operating Income | 244M | 222M | 181M | 160M | 148M |
| EBITDA | 301M | 289M | 249M | 223M | 195M |
| Net Income | 95M | 120M | 124M | 87M | 87M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
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| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 260M | 56M | 65M | 82M | 197M |
| Total Assets | 3.0B | 2.9B | 2.6B | 2.6B | 2.3B |
| Total Liabilities | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 993M |
| Shareholder Equity | 1.5B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.3B |
| Total Debt | 1.1B | 1.1B | 849M | 741M | 647M |
| Net Debt | 844M | 1.0B | 785M | 659M | 450M |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
220M
+391.1% YoY
Capital Expenditures
66M
-24.3% YoY
Free Cash Flow
154M
+1953.9% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
18.2%
Operating Margin
7.8%
Net Margin
2.9%
ROE
5.8%
Debt / Equity
0.75x
Next Step
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