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Universal Corporation UVV

18 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY17 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
Revenue · FY2025
$2.9B
▼ 1.3% vs FY2024
Dividend streak
17 yrs
Raised every year since 2009
EPS · FY25
$1.30
Dividend / sh · FY25
$3.28
Payout · FY25
249%
ROE · FY25
2.3%
Net margin · FY25
1.1%
Dividend coverage
0.4×
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Result
USD 2.9B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 18-year series below
Revenue Net income
0.81.62.43.22.90.02008201120142017202020232025
0.81.62.43.22.90.02016201920222025

1 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
USD 1.30
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
2463.281.302008201120142017202020232025
2463.281.302016201920222025

Earnings covered only a fraction of the dividend — the rest came from cash or borrowing.

Profitability
2.3%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
4812162.3%2008201120142017202020232025
4812162.3%2016201920222025
Operating margin5.8%
Net margin1.1%
Return on assets1.1%

Each USD of equity produced 2 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 81.3M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 81.3M
Net buybacksUSD 0.00
Share of profit249.1%
Consecutive raises17 years

USD 81.3M in dividends — 249% of the year's profit, so the payout drew on cash built up earlier.

Growth
+8.0% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+4.2%
+8.0%
+3.1%
+0.8%
Net income
−35.9%
−17.9%
−11.4%
−9.9%
EPS, diluted
−36.0%
−18.1%
−10.4%
−9.1%
Dividend / share
+1.3%
+1.3%
+4.6%
+3.7%
Returned to shareholders
+0.2%
+1.6%
+5.5%
−0.8%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
0.02B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
0.020.022008201120142017202020232025
0.030.022016201920222025
Change, 5 years+1.7%
Change, 10 years+9.7%

The share count grew 2% in five years — the same company, cut into more, smaller slices.

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Balance sheet
USD 2.8B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 2.8B
EquityUSD 1.4B
CashUSD 62.2M
Gross debtUSD 616.7M
Net debtUSD 554.5M
Current ratio3.49×

Net debt stands at 39% of equity.

History
18 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Revenue $B
2.9
2.9
2.7
2.5
2.1
2.0
1.9
2.2
2.0
2.0
2.1
2.3
2.5
2.5
2.4
2.6
2.5
2.6
Operating income $B
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.2
EBITDA $B
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
Income tax $B
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
Net income $B
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.1
EPS, diluted $
1.30
3.78
4.78
4.97
3.47
3.53
2.86
4.11
4.14
0.88
3.92
4.06
5.25
4.66
3.25
5.42
5.68
4.32
Dividend / sh $
3.28
3.24
3.20
3.16
3.12
3.08
3.04
3.00
2.18
2.14
2.10
2.06
2.02
1.98
1.94
1.90
1.86
1.82
Payout %
249
84
66
62
88
86
105
67
52
47
43
41
31
35
49
29
27
35
ROE %
2.3
6.6
8.4
9.1
6.5
6.8
5.5
7.8
8.0
7.9
7.9
8.4
11.3
10.9
7.8
13.6
15.0
·
Shares out B
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.03
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
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Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
51 of 51
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

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