Universal UVV

Food Distribution, Consumer Defensive

$39.29

−0.96%

Market cap: $978.3M
PE: 52.4×; 10y median 14.4×
Forward PE: n/m; not a meaningful number
Price to sales: n/m; one or more of the four quarters through 2026-06-30 missing
EV/EBIT: 11.4×
Revenue, 12 months: n/m; one or more of the four quarters through 2026-06-30 missing
Net margin: n/m; one or more of the four quarters through 2026-06-30 missing
Free cash flow yield: 16.8%

Universal trades at 52.4× trailing earnings, pricier than 96% of the last ten years.

Charts

Financials

Income statement for UVV, by quarter
Income statement	Q2 FY24	Q3 FY24	Q4 FY24	Q1 FY25	Q2 FY25	Q3 FY25	Q4 FY25	Q1 FY26	Q2 FY26	Q3 FY26	Q4 FY26	Q1 FY27
	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Cost of revenue	$506.8M−6%	$654.6M+1%	$619.9M+9%	$501.1M+16%	$567.6M+12%	$743.6M+14%	$586.3M−5%	$479.6M−4%	$614.3M+8%	$701.7M−6%	$616.8M+5%	$440.7M−8%
Gross profit	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
SG&A	$73.8M+2%	$78.6M+16%	$82.7M+18%	$78.7M+4%	$63.8M−14%	$89.5M+14%	$73.2M−12%	$79.2M+1%	$72.2M+13%	$76.9M−14%	$72.4M−1%	$80.8M+2%
	$55.3M+46%	$87.5M+13%	$68.2M+30%	$17.2M+56%	$68.7M+24%	$104.1M+19%	$42.8M−37%	$33.8M+96%	$67.6M−2%	$82M−21%	−$15M	$2.3M−93%
Interest expense	$17.1M+39%	$15.5M+9%	$18.2M+13%	$20.7M+33%	$21.3M+25%	$19.3M+24%	$18.3M+1%	$17.8M−14%	$20.4M−4%	$17.3M−11%	$18.6M+1%	$16.5M−7%
Pre-tax income	$39.2M+51%	$75.8M+19%	$55.7M+21%	−$2.1M−68%	$47.6M+21%	$88M+16%	$20.7M−63%	$19.7M	$46M−3%	$66.9M−24%	−$30M	−$12.9M
	$8.4M+27%	$14.5M+18%	$9.6M	$727K	$13.6M+61%	$20.2M+40%	$6.4M−34%	$5.3M+634%	$11.2M−18%	$25.3M+25%	$4.8M−25%	−$4.5M
Net income	$28.1M+29%	$53.2M+28%	$40.3M−25%	$130K	$25.9M−8%	$59.6M+12%	$9.3M−77%	$8.5M+6436%	$34.2M+32%	$33.2M−44%	−$43.3M	−$5M
	$1.12+27%	$2.12+27%	$1.61−25%	$0.01	$1.03−8%	$2.37+12%	$0.37−77%	$0.34+3300%	$1.36+32%	$1.32−44%	−$1.73	−$0.20
	25M+0%	25.1M+1%	25.1M+1%	25.1M+1%	25.1M+1%	25.1M+0%	25.2M+0%	25.1M+0%	25.2M+0%	25.2M+0%	25.1M−0%	25.1M−0%

Gross profit: 36 periods, Q1 FY10 to Q4 FY18: not printed by the filing, worked out from its own lines.

EPS, diluted: 7 periods, Q4 FY11 to Q4 FY26: quarter's net income to common over its shares, to the cent.

Diluted shares: 14 periods, Q4 FY11 to Q4 FY25: share-days: the 12-month average less the 9-month, weighted by days. Q4 FY17 and Q4 FY26: a loss quarter: its basic count, share-days: the 12-month average less the 9-month, weighted by days.

From each company's 10-Q and 10-K filings, the newest version of each figure. Quarters are as filed (a fourth quarter is the year less its first nine months), fiscal years as the 10-K prints them, restated where a later 10-K restated them, and balance sheet lines as of the period's end. A quarter whose 10-Q isn't filed yet is from the company's results release. Growth is on the same period a year earlier. A dash is a period with no figure for the line: the filing doesn't print it, or it hasn't been read yet.

Peers

Companies in Food Distribution nearest Universal's size, closest first.

Company	Market cap	PE	Its 10y median PE	P/S	Revenue growth	Net margin
UVVUniversal	$978.3M	52.4×	14.4×	n/m	n/m	n/m
CAPLCrossAmerica Partners	$843.6M	15.9×	22.2×	0.2×	+0%	1.4%
WEYSWeyco	$484.2M	14.0×	12.2×	1.7×	−0%	12.4%
ANDEAndersons	$2.2B	12.6×	16.9×	0.2×	−5%	1.6%
HWKNHawkins	$2.8B	34.3×	19.3×	2.5×	+9%	7.3%
UNFIUnited Natural Foods	$2.8B	35.5×	12.0×	0.1×	−2%	0.3%
CENTCentral Garden & Pet	$2.8B	16.9×	15.3×	0.9×	−1%	5.4%
ASHAshland	$3.3B	62.4×	31.3×	1.8×	−1%	2.8%
SEBSeaboard	$3.7B	5.9×	10.8×	0.4×	+8%	6.2%
CHEFChefs' Warehouse	$4.3B	51.1×	45.4×	1.0×	+11%	2.1%
Peer median	$2.8B	16.9×	16.9×	0.9×	−0%	2.8%