profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Universal
$38.71-1.78% today
-27.4% in 1 year
1-year low $38.221-year high $58.77
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay $29.57 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Universal sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.57 billion in 2023 to $2.92 billion in 2026, with $32.6 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Universal handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$81M
Free cash flow 2026$80M
Bought back its own shares$0
Paid as dividends$81M
Cash vs. debt$62M vs. $940M
Universal vs. similar companies
Universal grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universal | 29.6× · Fair price | ||
 Philip Morris International | 26.5× · Fair price | ||
 British American Tobacco p.l.c. | 12.4× · Cheap | ||
 Altria Group | 18.2× · Fair price | ||
 Japan Tobacco | 18.3× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Universal's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,570 | 2,749 | 2,947 | 2,924 | |
| 458 | 536 | 549 | 512 | |
| 181 | 226 | 243 | 211 | |
| 249 | 289 | 294 | 230 | |
| 124 | 120 | 95 | 33 | |
| 4.97 | 4.78 | 3.78 | 1.30 | |
| 17.8% | 19.5% | 18.6% | 17.5% | |
| 7.0% | 8.2% | 8.3% | 7.2% | |
| 4.8% | 4.4% | 3.2% | 1.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,639 | 2,937 | 2,990 | 2,767 |
| Cash | 65 | 56 | 260 | 62 |
| Total debt | 849 | 1,064 | 1,104 | 940 |
| Total liabilities | 1,202 | 1,458 | 1,489 | 1,306 |
| 1,397 | 1,437 | 1,459 | 1,415 | |
| 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | |
| 6.7% | 7.3% | 7.2% | 5.9% | |
| 8.9% | 8.3% | 6.5% | 2.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -11 | -75 | 327 | 129 | |
| 55 | 66 | 63 | 49 | |
| -65 | -141 | 264 | 80 | |
| Dividends paid | 77 | 78 | 80 | 81 |
| 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 12 | 9 | 7 |
Valuation
- 29.6×
- 8.8×
- –
- 0.9×
- 0.3×
- 12.0×
- 8.0×
- 8.3%
- 3.4%
- 6.0%
Profitability
- 17.5%
- 7.2%
- 1.1%
- 9.7%
- 5.7%
- 4.5%
- 5.8%
- 2.8%
- 10.0%
- –
Growth
- +4.4%
- −36.0%
- +288.0%
- +1.3%
- +0.3%
Financial health
- 3.6×
- 0.75
- 36.9%
- 2.9×
- 2.91
- 2.91
- 0.96
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 21%of 670
Bottom 34%of 674
Bottom 22%of 624
Bottom 42%of 673
Top 28%of 668
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2026 | 1.35 | 1.92 | −29.7% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 1.36 | 1.34 | +1.5% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 0.38 | 1.18 | −67.8% |
| Aug 7, 2024 | 0.01 | – | – |
| May 22, 2024 | 1.79 | – | – |
| Feb 7, 2024 | 2.16 | – | – |
| Nov 2, 2023 | 1.21 | – | – |
| Aug 2, 2023 | -0.08 | – | – |
6.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$60a year at today's yield, before tax
+1.3%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$2.08 in 2015 → $3.26 in 2025
How safe it looks
249.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 101.3%
News
Universal Logistics GAAP EPS of $0.69 beats by $0.37, revenue of $394.05M beats by $3.65MSeeking Alpha · Oct 29, 2026Universal Display expects full-year revenue toward low end of $630M-$670M range as OLEDX and NovaJet launchSeeking Alpha · Oct 28, 2026Why Is Universal Health Services (UHS) Up 5.7% Since Last Earnings Report?Yahoo Finance · Aug 26, 2026Universal Logistics (ULH): Buy, Sell, or Hold Post Q2 Earnings?Yahoo Finance · Aug 15, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
43No pass
Benjamin Graham
71Pass
Philip Fisher
26No pass
Peter Lynch
19No pass
Joel Greenblatt
36No pass
Charlie Munger
23No pass
Terry Smith
30No pass
Questions about Universal
Is Universal a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Universal AI analysis
What does Universal do?
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 in Tobacco.
Does Universal pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 6.0% a year, about 249% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out $81.3 million in dividends.
Is Universal stock halal?
No. Universal does not pass our halal screen: its main business, tobacco, is not permitted. How we check
How has Universal stock done over the past year?
Down 27.4% over the past twelve months, to $38.71. It traded between $38.22 and $58.77 and is 34.1% below its high.
Who are Universal's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco p.l.c., Altria Group and Japan Tobacco. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Universal's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 9, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.