Universal Corp (UVV)

• Market cap: $1.38B
• 1 day: -1.23%
• 5 days: -0.11%
• 1 month: 2.44%
• 3 months: -9.16%
• 6 months: 3.53%
• Year to date: 1.37%
• 1 year: 8.81%
• 5 years: 27.5%
• 10 years: 11.46%
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Tobacco

About: Universal Corp is an international leaf tobacco supplier. The company procures leaf tobacco from farmers, processes it, and sells it to companies that manufacture consumer tobacco products. Universal does not manufacture or sell any consumer products itself. The company's segments include Tobacco Operations and Ingredients Operations. It generates maximum revenue from the Tobacco Operations segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United States. The company operates in the USA, Belgium, China, Egypt, Philippines, Germany, and Other Countries with majority of revenue from USA.

Employees: 28,500

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

153% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $3.83M | Put options by funds: $1.51M

110% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 44 | Existing positions closed: 21

45% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 94 | Existing positions reduced: 65

10% more funds holding

Funds holding: 217 [Q1] → 238 (+21) [Q2]

3% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.12B [Q1] → $1.15B (+$36.1M) [Q2]

0.6% less ownership

Funds ownership: 80.63% [Q1] → 80.03% (-0.6%) [Q2]