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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 margin | 19.29% |
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| Net profit margin | 4.78% |
| Operating margin | 8.07% |
| Return on assets | 4.57% |
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| Return on equity | 8.72% |
| Return on investment | 6.30% |
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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 share | 7.72 |
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| Price/Cash flow per share | 7.10 |
| Book value per share | 57.28 |
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| Tangible book value per share | 45.94 |
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Balance sheet in USDView more
| Current ratio | 2.60 |
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| Quick ratio | 0.8367 |
| Total debt/total equity | 0.848 |
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| Total debt/total capital | 0.4537 |
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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) | 5.85% |
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| Div growth rate (5 year) | 2.64% |
| Payout ratio (TTM) | 64.82% |
| EPS growth(5 years) | 3.05 |
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| EPS (TTM) vs TTM 1 year ago | 5.29 |
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