Universal Corp

UVV

Market cap $1.31B

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Universal Corporation faces structural headwinds from declining tobacco demand and slow diversification, limiting growth prospects and upside potential. Novel tobacco products and regulatory pressures are accelerating the decline in traditional tobacco leaf demand, threatening UVV's core business. The ingredients segment offers diversification but remains underdeveloped with thin margins, and expansion into reduced-risk nicotine products is still limited.

Universal Corporation (NYSE:UVV ) Q1 2026 Earnings Conference Call August 7, 2025 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Johan C. Kroner - Senior VP & CFO Preston Douglas Wigner - President, CEO & Chairman Wushuang Ma - Corporate Participant Conference Call Participants Ann Holden Gurkin - Davenport & Company LLC, Research Division Daniel Scott Harriman - Sidoti & Company, LLC Operator Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by.

RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Universal Corporation (NYSE:UVV) (“Universal” or the “Company”), a global business-to-business agriproducts company, today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. Preston D. Wigner, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Universal, stated, “We are pleased with our good start for fiscal year 2026. Our Tobacco Operations segment's improved quarterly performance was driven primarily by a favorable product mix in the first quarte.

RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Universal Corporation (NYSE:UVV), a global business-to-business agriproducts company, announced today that its Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of eighty-two cents ($0.82) per share on the shares of the Company, payable November 3, 2025, to shareholders of record at the close of business on October 13, 2025. Universal Corporation (NYSE:UVV) is a global agricultural company with over 100 years of experience supplying products and innovati.

RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Universal Corporation (NYSE:UVV), a global business-to-business agriproducts company, will webcast its conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on August 7, 2025. The Company will release its results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 after market close on August 6, 2025. A live webcast of the conference call will be available online on a listen-only basis at www.universalcorp.com. A replay of the webcast conference call will be available at that site th.

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RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Universal Corporation (NYSE:UVV) (“Universal” or the “Company”), a global business-to-business agriproducts company, today announced that Johan C. Kroner will retire from his role as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Mr. Kroner is committed to ensuring a smooth transition and will remain with Universal until July 1, 2026. Mr. Kroner will continue as CFO until a successor is appointed, at which time he will remain Senior Vice President of.