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Universal Corp

Universal Corp

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Consumer Staples Tobacco
  • Price (USD)52.90
  • Today's Change0.81 / 1.56%
  • Shares traded137.90k
  • 1 Year change+10.16%
  • Beta0.7611
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Inc stmt in USDIncome statement in USDView more

Year on year Universal Corp had net income fall -3.59% from 124.05m to 119.60m despite a 6.96% increase in revenues from 2.57bn to 2.75bn. An increase in the selling, general and administrative costs as a percentage of sales from 11.22% to 11.73% was a component in the falling net income despite rising revenues.
Gross margin19.29%
Net profit margin4.78%
Operating margin8.07%
Return on assets4.57%
Return on equity8.72%
Return on investment6.30%
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Cash flow in USDView more

In 2024, cash reserves at Universal Corp fell by 9.10m. Cash Flow from Financing totalled 125.68m or 4.57% of revenues. In addition the company used 74.63m for operations while cash used for investing totalled 60.00m.
Cash flow per share7.72
Price/Cash flow per share6.65
Book value per share57.28
Tangible book value per share45.94
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Balance sheet in USDView more

Universal Corp has a Debt to Total Capital ratio of 45.37%, a higher figure than the previous year's 44.68%.
Current ratio2.60
Quick ratio0.8367
Total debt/total equity0.848
Total debt/total capital0.4537
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Growth rates in USD

Year on year, growth in dividends per share increased 1.27% while earnings per share excluding extraordinary items fell by -3.96%. The positive trend in dividend payments is noteworthy since only some companies in the Tobacco industry pay a dividend. Additionally when measured on a five year annualized basis, both dividend per share and earnings per share growth ranked in-line with the industry average relative to its peers.
Div yield(5 year avg)5.91%
Div growth rate (5 year)2.64%
Payout ratio (TTM)64.82%
EPS growth(5 years)3.05
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TTM 1 year ago
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