Universal Corporation has grown revenue 2.2% a year over three years and 7.1% a year over five, with earnings per share compounding at −45%. Revenue growth, 3-year annual rate: +2.2% (Consumer Defensive median +4.8%). Revenue growth, 5-year rate: +7.1%, growth has slowed since the five-year average. Earnings per share, 3-year rate: −45%, earnings lagged revenue: the growth is costing something. Years of annual history on file: 18, FY2009 to FY2026, as filed.

UVVUniversal Corporation

Consumer Defensive

$42.01-20% 1Y

$42.01

$41.6552 weeks$57.85

Is it growing?

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Growth is fading: revenue shrinking (−4% year on year), earnings down −82% year on year, and operating margin narrowing (−4.0 points).

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Revenue trend−4% in a year

Trailing-twelve-month revenue vs a year earlier, from the company's own filings. Five-year pace: +7% a year.

Earnings trend−82% in a year

Trailing-twelve-month earnings per share against a year earlier. Growing slower than revenue, so the growth is costing something.

Margin direction−4.0 points operating

Trailing-twelve-month operating margin, 4.2% now against 8.2% a year earlier.

All from SEC EDGAR, as of Jun 30, 2026.

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Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

Revenue growth, 3 yearsbehind 68% of the market

Where this answer is blind. These are trailing numbers from the filings, not forecasts: an acquisition or a one-off year can flatter them, so check the quarters.

Is UVV growing?

Universal Corporation has grown revenue 2.2% a year over three years and 7.1% a year over five, with earnings per share compounding at −45%.

+2.2%

Revenue growth, 3-year annual rate · Consumer Defensive median +4.8% · growing slowly · compounded from trailing twelve-month revenue

Revenue growth, 5-year rate: +7.1%
Revenue growth, 5-year rate · +2.2% over three · growth has slowed since the five-year average
Earnings per share, 3-year rate: −45%
Earnings per share, 3-year rate · revenue +2.2% · earnings lagged revenue: the growth is costing something
Years of annual history on file: 18
Years of annual history on file · FY2009 to FY2026, as filed