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Universal Corporation (UVV)

Consumer Defensive | Tobacco | Richmond, United States | NYSE
52.46 USD +0.66 (1.274%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 52.59 +0.13 (0.248%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 6:05 p.m. EDT)
Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:22 p.m. EDT

Universal Corporation (UVV) is a 'Value Trap' with deteriorating fundamentals (negative revenue/earnings growth) masking by a defensive dividend. The $6.25% yield is unsustainable with a 96% payout ratio on shrinking cash flow. Despite institutional scale, the recent 10% drop and heavy put positioning signal structural weakness, making this a strong avoidance for all but the most contrarian income investors.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.050313
AutoETS0.051985
AutoARIMA0.053771
AutoTheta0.067313

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 44%
H-stat 1.40
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 2.50
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Defensive
Ex Dividend Date 2026-04-14
Last Dividend Date 2026-04-14
Debt to Equity Ratio 73.103
Revenue per Share 116.371
Market Cap 1,307,486,592
Trailing P/E 15.47
Forward P/E 11.92
Beta 0.60
Profit Margins 2.93%
Website https://www.universalcorp.com

As of April 18, 2026, 10:22 p.m. EDT: Options flow reveals a persistent Put Wall around the $50-$45 strikes ($4.0M+ in OI), significantly exceeding Call OI at similar strikes ($1.2M+). This indicates strong speculative hedging or bearish positioning at key support levels below current price. While long-dated sees slightly higher call OI than put OI, the immediate term is capped by a heavy concentration of near-term put writing/holding. Implied volatility shows a risk premium specifically elevated on near-term downside strikes (IV ~0.62-1.41 vs ~0.29-0.38 on longer terms), suggesting speculators are pricing in a higher probability of immediate downside volatility.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.61% 6.31% 6.91% 7.19%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-04-15 0.820 1.607528
2026-01-12 0.820 1.535207
2025-10-10 0.820 1.603584
2025-07-14 0.820 1.561302
2025-04-14 0.810 1.670507
2025-01-13 0.810 1.759417
2024-10-11 0.810 1.755341
2024-07-08 0.810 1.936923
2024-04-05 0.800 1.891840
2024-01-05 0.800 1.467919
2023-10-05 0.800 2.008845
2023-07-07 0.800 1.919980
2023-04-06 0.790 1.835840
2023-01-06 0.790 1.820816
2022-10-06 0.790 2.199756
2022-07-08 0.790 1.880612
2022-04-08 0.780 1.729980
2022-01-07 0.780 1.798158
2021-10-07 0.780 2.080511
2021-07-09 0.780 1.906914
2021-04-09 0.770 1.809567
2021-01-08 0.770 2.022330
2020-10-08 0.770 2.464459
2020-07-10 0.770 2.646679
2020-04-09 0.760 2.350751
2020-01-10 0.760 1.989794
2019-10-04 0.760 2.104346
2019-07-05 0.760 1.869079
2019-04-05 0.750 1.985269
2019-01-04 0.750 2.105626
2018-10-05 0.750 1.828299
2018-07-06 0.750 1.709367
2018-04-06 0.550 1.776336
2018-01-05 0.550 1.711613
2017-10-06 0.540 1.585786
2017-07-06 0.540 1.421324
2017-04-06 0.540 1.284253
2017-01-05 0.540 1.421915
2016-10-06 0.530 1.577623
2016-07-07 0.530 1.584296
2016-04-07 0.530 1.663468
2016-01-07 0.530 1.746869
2015-10-08 0.520 1.760929
2015-07-09 0.520 1.654051
2015-04-10 0.520 1.960661
2015-01-08 0.520 2.402949
2014-10-09 0.510 2.216358
2014-07-10 0.510 1.732827
2014-04-10 0.510 1.789145
2014-01-09 0.510 1.817698
2013-10-10 0.500 1.881534
2013-07-03 0.500 1.683240
2013-04-04 0.500 1.765900
2013-01-10 0.500 1.900823
2012-10-04 0.490 1.865311
2012-07-05 0.490 2.099523
2012-04-04 0.490 2.152937
2012-01-05 0.490 2.192318
2011-10-06 0.480 2.606175
2011-07-07 0.480 2.645740
2011-04-07 0.480 2.276350
2011-01-06 0.480 2.579562
2010-10-07 0.470 2.564902
2010-07-08 0.470 2.567691
2010-04-08 0.470 1.907631
2010-01-07 0.470 2.153157
2009-10-08 0.460 2.385449
2009-07-09 0.460 3.142819
2009-04-08 0.460 3.373362
2009-01-08 0.460 3.372555
2008-10-09 0.450 2.762111
2008-07-10 0.450 2.338799
2008-04-10 0.450 1.753186
2008-01-10 0.450 2.130281
2007-10-04 0.440 2.045151
2007-07-05 0.440 1.753830
2007-04-04 0.440 1.761488
2007-01-04 0.440 2.260984
2006-10-06 0.430 3.013339
2006-07-06 0.430 3.070428
2006-04-06 0.430 3.034775
2006-01-05 0.430 2.605378
2005-10-05 0.420 2.928495
2005-07-07 0.420 2.571846
2005-04-07 0.420 2.516767
2005-01-06 0.420 2.412212
2004-10-06 0.390 2.420795
2004-07-08 0.390 2.261682
2004-04-07 0.390 2.101979
2004-01-09 0.390 2.421973
2003-10-09 0.360 2.355801
2003-07-10 0.360 2.428161
2003-04-10 0.360 2.721932
2003-01-09 0.360 2.757439
2002-10-10 0.340 3.071790
2002-07-03 0.340 2.818009
2002-04-04 0.340 2.590232
2002-01-09 0.340 2.819037
2001-10-04 0.320 3.090608
2001-07-05 0.320 2.569256
2001-04-05 0.320 2.614141
2001-01-04 0.320 3.144583
2000-10-04 0.310 3.583100
2000-07-06 0.310 4.271211
2000-04-06 0.310 5.905293
2000-01-06 0.310 4.661112
1999-10-06 0.300 3.921051
1999-07-08 0.300 3.547210
1999-04-08 0.300 4.298156
1999-01-07 0.300 3.169061
1998-10-07 0.280 2.662512
1998-07-09 0.280 2.647440
1998-04-08 0.280 2.340949
1998-01-08 0.280 2.453566
1997-10-08 0.265 2.505111
1997-07-10 0.265 2.851889
1997-04-10 0.265 3.459473
1997-01-09 0.265 3.070362
1996-10-09 0.255 3.734149
1996-07-03 0.255 3.646790
1996-04-03 0.255 3.942049
1996-01-04 0.255 4.065000
1995-10-05 0.250 4.439808
1995-07-06 0.250 4.390476
1995-04-04 0.250 4.786641
1995-01-03 0.250 5.055891
1994-10-04 0.240 4.321307
1994-07-05 0.240 5.296425
1994-04-05 0.240 5.549160
1994-01-04 0.240 3.996095
1993-10-05 0.220 4.012236
1993-07-06 0.220 3.865512
1993-04-05 0.220 3.766013
1993-01-05 0.220 2.870317
1992-10-06 0.200 3.209085
1992-07-07 0.200 3.203708
1992-04-07 0.200 3.394182
1992-01-07 0.200 2.899847
1991-09-25 0.190 3.364805
1991-06-25 0.190 4.580052
1991-03-25 0.190 6.165145
1990-12-26 0.190 7.860242
1990-09-25 0.185 7.080951
1990-06-26 0.185 6.305620
1990-03-27 0.185 5.709579
1989-12-26 0.185 5.060410
1989-09-26 0.175 4.706839
1989-06-27 0.175 5.037763
1989-03-28 0.175 4.930224
1988-12-27 0.175 5.365491
1988-09-27 0.160 5.672034
1988-06-27 0.160 5.757585
1988-03-25 0.160 5.699458
1987-12-28 0.160 5.619407
1987-09-25 0.145 4.776565
1987-06-25 0.145 4.929737
1987-03-26 0.145 4.953986
1986-12-26 0.135 5.601480
Additional Data
dividendRate 3.28
dividendYield 6.25
exDividendDate 2026-04-15
trailingAnnualDividendRate 3.27
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.06312741
lastDividendValue 0.82
lastDividendDate 2026-04-15
dividendDate 2026-05-04

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.013132453
Address1 9,201 Forest Hill Avenue
All Time High 83.35
All Time Low 2.265625
Ask 52.85
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 10
Average Daily Volume10 Day 200,990
Average Daily Volume3 Month 211,398
Average Volume 211,398
Average Volume10Days 200,990
Beta 0.598
Bid 52.0
Bid Size 300
Board Risk 5
Book Value 59.5
City Richmond
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 4
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 52.46
Current Ratio 2.906
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 52.7499
Day Low 51.59
Debt To Equity 73.103
Display Name Universal
Dividend Date 1,777,852,800
Dividend Rate 3.28
Dividend Yield 6.25
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,770,674,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,770,674,400
Earnings Growth -0.443
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.443
Earnings Timestamp 1,770,643,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,779,885,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,779,885,000
Ebitda 283,430,016
Ebitda Margins 0.097349994
Enterprise To Ebitda 8.396
Enterprise To Revenue 0.817
Enterprise Value 2,379,576,576
Eps Current Year 4.17
Eps Forward 4.4
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 3.39
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,776,211,200
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 52.9426
Fifty Day Average Change -0.48260117
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.009115554
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 1.3132453
Fifty Two Week High 67.33
Fifty Two Week High Change -14.870003
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.22085255
Fifty Two Week Low 49.96
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.5
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.050040033
Fifty Two Week Range 49.96 - 67.33
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 99,153,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 5.96
Float Shares 24,568,585
Forward Eps 4.4
Forward P E 11.922727
Free Cashflow 24,002,500
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 11,400
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.18702999
Gross Profits 544,534,976
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.01843
Held Percent Institutions 0.83734
Implied Shares Outstanding 24,923,496
Industry Tobacco
Industry Disp Tobacco
Industry Key tobacco
Ir Website http://investor.universalcorp.com/index.cfm
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,776,211,200
Last Dividend Value 0.82
Last Fiscal Year End 1,743,379,200
Last Split Date 694,310,400
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary 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, storing, and shipping 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, beverage, and flavor companies. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
Long Name Universal Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 1,307,486,592
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_191216
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 85,253,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,774,915,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,307,486,600
Number Of Analyst Opinions 1
Open 51.69
Operating Cashflow 100,707,000
Operating Margins 0.095970005
Overall Risk 7
Payout Ratio 0.96169996
Peg Ratio 2.94
Phone 804 359 9311
Post Market Change 0.13000107
Post Market Change Percent 0.24780989
Post Market Price 52.59
Post Market Time 1,776,463,559
Previous Close 51.8
Price Eps Current Year 12.580336
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.88168067
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.4490757
Profit Margins 0.02928
Quick Ratio 0.957
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.66
Regular Market Change Percent 1.27413
Regular Market Day High 52.7499
Regular Market Day Low 51.59
Regular Market Day Range 51.59 - 52.7499
Regular Market Open 51.69
Regular Market Previous Close 51.8
Regular Market Price 52.46
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,002
Regular Market Volume 227,395
Return On Assets 0.04705
Return On Equity 0.06966
Revenue Growth -0.081
Revenue Per Share 116.371
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Consumer Defensive
Sector Disp Consumer Defensive
Sector Key consumer-defensive
Share Holder Rights Risk 9
Shares Outstanding 24,923,496
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.058000002
Shares Short 1,446,096
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 1,215,559
Short Name Universal Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.081199996
Short Ratio 6.99
Source Interval 15
State VA
Symbol UVV
Target High Price 78.0
Target Low Price 78.0
Target Mean Price 78.0
Target Median Price 78.0
Total Cash 85,227,000
Total Cash Per Share 3.42
Total Debt 1,114,951,040
Total Revenue 2,911,505,920
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 3.27
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.06312741
Trailing Eps 3.39
Trailing P E 15.474925
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.9807
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 53.97245
Two Hundred Day Average Change -1.5124512
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.028022652
Type Disp Equity
Volume 227,395
Website https://www.universalcorp.com
Zip 23,235