UVV

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Universal Corp (UVV) faces ongoing top- and bottom-line pressure due to persistent tobacco oversupply and margin compression. I shift from a buy to a hold rating, awaiting evidence of top-line growth and improved profitability before turning bullish again. UVV's 6.13% dividend yield remains attractive, but dividend safety is in question as free cash flow barely covers payouts.

Universal Corporation (UVV) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Universal NYSE: UVV said its fiscal 2026 results were pressured by a non-cash goodwill impairment in its ingredients business and higher inventory write-downs tied mainly to non-wrapper dark air-cured tobacco, even as management described the company's core flue-cured and burley tobacco operations as solid.

RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Universal Corporation (NYSE:UVV) (“Universal” or the “Company”), a global business-to-business agriproducts company, today announced financial results for the fiscal year and fourth quarter ended March 31, 2026. “Our fiscal year 2026 performance reflected solid execution across much of our business amid a markedly different operating environment than the prior year,” said Preston D. Wigner, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Universal. “Coming of.

RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Universal Corporation (NYSE:UVV), a global business-to-business agriproducts company, will webcast its conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on May 29, 2026. The Company will release its results for fiscal year 2026 after market close on May 28, 2026. A live webcast of the conference call will be available online on a listen-only basis at www.universalcorp.com. A replay of the webcast conference call will be available at that site through August 29, 2026. A.

RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Universal Corporation (NYSE:UVV), a global business-to-business agriproducts company, announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of eighty-three cents ($0.83) per share on the common shares of the Company, payable August 3, 2026, to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 13, 2026. This increase indicates an annualized rate of $3.32 per common share and a yield of approximately 6.1% based on the $54.46 per share clos.

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Six tobacco companies were evaluated using a relative favorability matrix with factors including dividend yield, payout ratio, value, growth, profitability, and leverage. Altria leads the pack with the highest forward yield, low payout ratio, attractive valuation, highest free cash flow margin, and low leverage. Philip Morris and Universal Corporation lag the field with unfavorable payout ratios, weaker margins, and higher leverage.