Universal Corporation UVV Ratios & Valuation
| Q4 '26 | Q3 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 16.4%-1.6pp | 17.4%-1.2pp | 18.1%-0.4pp | 18.6%0.0pp | 17.9%-0.8pp | |
| Operating margin | 6.4%-1.6pp | 7.8%-0.8pp | 8.4%0.0pp | 8.5%+0.4pp | 8%-0.2pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 8.2%-1.8pp | 9.8%-0.9pp | 10.3%-0.1pp | 10.6%+0.3pp | 10%-0.3pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on invested capital | 4.4%-2.8pp | 5.3%-2.4pp | 6.4%-1.2pp | 6.6%-0.8pp | 7.2%-0.6pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 1×0.0× | 1×-0.1× | 1×0.0× | 0.9×0.0× | 1×0.0× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 3.5×+0.6× | 2.9×+0.2× | 2.7×+0.1× | 2.5×-0.1× | 2.9×-0.1× | |
| Quick ratio | 3.5×+0.5× | 2.9×0.0× | 2.7×0.0× | 2×-0.4× | 3×+0.2× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.1×-0.2× | 0.1×-0.1× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.2×+0.1× | 0.3×+0.3× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.7×-0.1× | 0.8×-0.1× | 0.8×-0.1× | 0.9×0.0× | 0.8×0.0× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.3×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.7×+0.8× | 3.7×+0.6× | 3.6×-0.2× | 3.6×-0.4× | 2.9×-0.7× | |
| Interest coverage | 2.5×-0.4× | 3.1×-0.2× | 3.3×+0.1× | 3.3×+0.1× | 2.9×-0.4× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $56.23-3.1% | $58.87+2.0% | $58.38+3.3% | $58.05+2.9% | $58.05+1.1% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $1.32B-8.6% | $1.31B-2.9% | $1.39B+5.2% | $1.47B+22.8% | $1.38B+7.7% | |
| Enterprise value | $2.19B-4.0% | $2.34B+0.8% | $2.49B+1.1% | $2.57B+10.6% | $2.23B-2.9% | |
| Price / sales | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×+0.1× | 0.5×0.0× | |
| Price / book | 0.9×-0.1× | 0.9×0.0× | 0.9×0.0× | 1×+0.2× | 0.9×+0.1× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.3×+1.5× | 8.3×+1.0× | 8.2×-0.1× | 8.3×+0.2× | 7.6×-0.6× | |
| EV / sales | 0.8×0.0× | 0.8×0.0× | 0.8×0.0× | 0.9×+0.1× | 0.8×-0.1× | |
| Dividend yield | 6.2%+0.6pp | 6.2%+0.3pp | 5.8%-0.2pp | 5.4%-1.1pp | 5.8%-0.3pp |
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- What are Universal Corporation's profit margins?
- Universal Corporation (UVV) runs a 16.4% gross margin and a 6.4% operating margin, with a 3.0% net margin.
- Where do Universal Corporation's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Universal Corporation's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
