Universal Financial Ratios
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Universal ratio analysis
Universal earned a net margin of 1.1% in FY 2026, down from 3.3% a year earlier. Gross margin was 16.4% compared with a median of 17.9% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 2.3%, meaning Universal generated 0.02 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.64 versus 0.74 the year before, and the current ratio was 3.49. At the end of FY 2026, UVV traded at 40.5 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 10.6 to 80.4, with a median of 14.8. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Universal financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2026 | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 40.45 | 14.29 | 10.82 | 10.64 | 17.00 | 16.71 | 15.25 | 14.02 | 11.71 | 80.40 |
| Price / sales | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.47 | 0.51 | 0.70 | 0.74 | 0.58 | 0.65 | 0.61 | 0.81 |
| Price / book | 0.93 | 0.92 | 0.89 | 0.94 | 1.09 | 1.11 | 0.87 | 1.08 | 0.91 | 1.29 |
| Gross margin | 16.4% | 17.9% | 18.7% | 17.2% | 19.0% | 18.7% | 17.9% | 17.7% | 17.7% | 18.1% |
| Operating margin | 5.8% | 8.0% | 8.2% | 7.1% | 7.7% | 7.5% | 6.7% | 7.3% | 8.5% | 8.7% |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 3.3% | 4.4% | 4.9% | 4.1% | 4.4% | 3.8% | 4.7% | 5.2% | 5.2% |
| Free cash flow margin | 2.8% | 9.0% | -5.2% | -2.6% | -0.4% | 7.8% | -1.3% | 5.7% | 2.3% | 10.5% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 2.3% | 6.5% | 8.3% | 8.9% | 6.5% | 6.7% | 5.7% | 7.8% | 7.9% | 8.3% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 1.2% | 3.2% | 4.1% | 4.7% | 3.3% | 3.7% | 3.4% | 4.9% | 4.9% | 5.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.64 | 0.74 | 0.72 | 0.58 | 0.52 | 0.47 | 0.36 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.33 |
| Current ratio | 3.49 | 2.87 | 2.96 | 4.08 | 3.37 | 5.31 | 5.53 | 6.26 | 5.94 | 5.83 |
| Revenue growth | -1.3% | 7.4% | 6.7% | 21.9% | 6.4% | 3.9% | -14.5% | 9.6% | -1.4% | -3.4% |
| EPS growth | -65.6% | -20.9% | -3.8% | 43.2% | -1.7% | 23.4% | -30.4% | -0.7% | 370.5% | -77.6% |