Is the price fair?
What UVV's price assumes
Universal Corporation trades at 35.1× earnings against 20.0× for the median Consumer Defensive name, more expensive than its own group.
35.1
Trailing P/E · Consumer Defensive median 20.0 · 1.76× the median: the market pays up for this one
- Price / sales
- 0.45
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1
- Free cash flow yield
- 6.1%
Free cash flow yield · Consumer Defensive median 6.4%
- Growth the price implies
- +3.1%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for +3.1% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; revenue has grown +4.2% a year over the last three.
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- Price / book2026-Q1
- 0.91
- EV / EBIT2026-Q1
- 11.0
- EV / sales2026-Q1
- 0.64
- Consumer Defensive median P/E116 names
- 20.0
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $80M
- Market capitalisation
- $1.33B
- 3-year revenue growth
- +4.2%
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| Its own P/E history, lower quartile | $12.64 |
| Its own P/E history, median | $14.44 |
| Its own P/E history, upper quartile | $16.13 |
| 52-week range | $44.27 – $57.85 |
| Today | $45.70 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.
Consumer Defensive
Ranks #110 of 110 by Smart Score