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How Universal Corporation stacks up
UVV · against 806 other Consumer Defensive companies
Growth
17/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #666 of 807 · scores higher than 17% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score81 peers with a growth score of 10–19, including UVV · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 17?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its earnings per share growth and revenue growth, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- Earnings per share turned from a profit to a loss. Earnings per share growth: — vs peer median 1.5%
- slower revenue growth over the last year: weaker than 77% of peers. Revenue growth: -3.6% vs peer median 2.8%
- 3-year revenue growth is close to the peer norm. 3-year revenue growth: 2.2% vs peer median 3.7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 813 reported | -3.6% | 2.8% | 23% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 595 reported | -65.6% | 1.4% | 6% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 801 reported | 2.2% | 3.7% | 42% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around UVV| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 945M EUR (≈$1.0B) | 100 | 60 | |
| 1 | 30.7B BRL (≈$5.5B) | 100 | 76 | |
| 1 | 5.5B USD | 100 | 84 | |
| 4 | 82.5B JPY (≈$561M) | 99 | 69 | |
| 4 | 2.4B CNY (≈$329M) | 99 | 29 | |
| 666 | 6.9B USD | 17 | 36 | |
| 666 |
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