UVVUniversal Corporation

Consumer Defensive

$42.01-20% 1Y

$42.01

$41.6552 weeks$57.85

Is the price fair?

Fair

Neither cheap nor expensive: modest expectations priced in, but at the top of its own P/E range.

1 good, 1 to watch, 1 neutral

What the price assumes~−7% a year

Priced for a decline (~−7% a year). The price demands less than its three-year revenue growth of 2% a year, expectations look modest.

Vs its own P/E rangedearest in 41 quartersderived

Expensive vs its own history: P/E 55.3 vs a 10.5 median over 41 quarters (+425% vs median).

Vs sector (EV/EBIT)17.1×

Sector median 16.6× across 78 covered peers. EV/EBIT counts debt as part of the price, so a cash-rich and a borrowed company can be compared on the same footing.

Unless marked, from derived, as of Jun 30, 2026.

Against the whole market›

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

P/E (valuation)behind 88% of the market

FCF yieldtop 10% of the market

Where this answer is blind. The growth-implied estimate assumes a fixed discount rate; capital-heavy sectors look structurally rich on it.

What UVV's price assumes

Universal Corporation trades at 55.3× earnings against 20.2× for the median Consumer Defensive name, more expensive than its own group.

55.3

Trailing P/E · Consumer Defensive median 20.2 · 2.74× the median: the market pays up for this one

Price / sales: 0.47
Price / sales · today's price, trailing year to Jun 30, 2026
Free cash flow yield: 12%
Free cash flow yield · Consumer Defensive median 6.4%
Growth the price implies: −6.6%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for −6.6% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered +45% a year over the last three.