Universal Corporation

NYSE UVV

Universal Corporation Return on Assets (ROA) for the Trailing 12 Months (TTM) ending June 30, 2024: 4.18%

Universal Corporation Return on Assets (ROA) is 4.18% for the Trailing 12 Months (TTM) ending June 30, 2024, a 0.68% change year over year. Return on assets measures profitability against assets; higher ROA indicates efficient asset use and profitability.

Universal Corporation Return on Assets (ROA) for the Trailing 12 Months (TTM) ending June 30, 2023 was 4.15%, a 23.70% change year over year.
Universal Corporation Return on Assets (ROA) for the Trailing 12 Months (TTM) ending June 30, 2022 was 3.35%, a -9.20% change year over year.
Universal Corporation Return on Assets (ROA) for the Trailing 12 Months (TTM) ending June 30, 2021 was 3.69%, a 3.23% change year over year.
Universal Corporation Return on Assets (ROA) for the Trailing 12 Months (TTM) ending June 30, 2020 was 3.58%, a -15.27% change year over year.

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Date	Return on Assets (ROA)	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	Interest Coverage Ratio

NYSE: UVV

Universal Corporation

CEO	Mr. Preston Douglas Wigner
IPO Date	Jan. 5, 1988
Location	United States
Headquarters	9201 Forest Hill Avenue
Employees	10,800
Sector	Consumers Staples
Industries Tobacco

Description

Universal Corporation processes and supplies leaf tobacco and plant-based ingredients worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Tobacco Operations and Ingredients Operations. It is involved in the procuring, financing, processing, packing, storing, and shipping leaf tobacco for sale to manufacturers of consumer tobacco products. The company contracts, purchases, processes, and sells flue-cured, burley, and oriental tobaccos that are primarily used in the manufacture of cigarettes; and dark air-cured tobaccos principally used in the manufacture of cigars, natural wrapped cigars and cigarillos, smokeless, and pipe tobacco products. It also provides value-added services, including blending, chemical, and physical testing of tobacco; service cutting for various manufacturers; manufacturing reconstituted leaf tobacco; just-in-time inventory management services; electronic nicotine delivery systems; and smoke testing services for customers. In addition, the company offers testing services for crop protection agents and tobacco constituents in seed, leaf, and finished products, including e-cigarette liquids and vapors; and analytical services that include chemical compound testing in finished tobacco products and mainstream smoke. Further, it provides a various value-added manufacturing processes to produce specialty vegetable and fruit-based ingredients, as well as botanical extracts and flavorings for human and pet food markets; and recycles waste materials from tobacco production. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

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