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How Universal Corporation stacks up
UVV · against 258 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
23/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #204 of 259 · scores higher than 20% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score29 peers with a profitability score of 20–29, including UVV · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 23?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 85% of peers. Return on assets: -0.4% vs peer median 4.0%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 65% of peers. Return on invested capital: 4.5% vs peer median 7.7%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 63% of peers. Operating margin: 4.9% vs peer median 7.6%
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 | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 246 reported | 4.5% | 7.6% | 34% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 256 reported | 4.9% | 7.6% | 36% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 246 reported | -0.4% | 3.7% | 16% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 244 reported | 2.3% | 7.7% | 23% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 260 reported | 17.4% | 29.3% | 22% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around UVVScores 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