How Universal Corporation stacks up

UVV · against 149 other Consumer Defensive companies listed in US-listed

Valuation

53/ 100

Above the middle of the pack.

Ranked #59 of 150 · scores higher than 60% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score

9 peers with a valuation score of 50–59, including UVV · Click a bar to see the companies

Why valuation scores 53?

Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.

A mix: stronger free cash flow yield and EBITDA yield, but weaker earnings yield than most Consumer Defensive peers.

Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price. Earnings yield: -1.3% vs peer median 4.4%
more operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: stronger than 64% of peers. EBITDA yield: 9.3% vs peer median 8.6%
more free cash flow for the price paid: stronger than 86% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 16.1% vs peer median 6.1%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = UVV, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	UVV	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Earnings yieldHigher is better · 146 reported	1.9%	3.6%	32%	30%
EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 151 reported	11.0%	9.0%	65%	50%
Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 132 reported	16.1%	5.4%	92%	20%
Book yieldHigher is better · 145 reported	135.7%	39.3%	92%	Context only

Ranking by valuation score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around UVV

Rank	Company	Market cap	Valuation	Overall
1	Afya LimitedAFYA · US-listed	898M USD	97	84
2	Phoenix Education Partners, Inc.PXED · US-listed	775M USD	95	89
3	Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc.NATR · US-listed	181M USD	93	73
3	Perdoceo Education CorporationPRDO · US-listed	1.7B USD	93	86
5	Herbalife Ltd.HLF · US-listed	1.5B USD	91	51
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56	British American Tobacco p.l.c.BTI · US-listed	135.6B USD	57	61
57	Conagra Brands, Inc.CAG · US-listed	7.4B USD	54	35
57	Lincoln Educational Services CorporationLINC · US-listed	557M USD	54	58
59	Altria Group, Inc.MO · US-listed	129.5B USD	53	46
59	Universal CorporationUVV · US-listed	1.0B USD	53	35
61	Grand Canyon Education, Inc.LOPE · US-listed	3.2B USD	52	67
62	Unilever PLCUL · US-listed	145.8B USD	51	52
63	PepsiCo, Inc.PEP · US-listed	194.5B USD	50	54
64	Sysco CorporationSYY · US-listed	36.1B USD	49	40

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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