Overview
Universal Corporation is a global business-to-business agriproducts company. It is the leading global leaf tobacco supplier and provides high-quality plant-based ingredients to food and beverage end markets. The largest portion of its business involves procuring and processing flue-cured, burley, dark air-cured, and oriental leaf tobacco for manufacturers of consumer tobacco products. The company operates in major dark tobacco-producing countries,
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Read More including the US, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Indonesia, Paraguay, the Philippines, and Brazil. Through its Ingredients Operations segment, it produces high-quality, innovative, specialty plant-based ingredients, including fruits, vegetables, botanical extracts, and flavorings. Universal also has a business that produces liquid nicotine and recycles waste materials from tobacco production. Most of its revenue was generated outside the US.
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Read More including the US, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Indonesia, Paraguay, the Philippines, and Brazil. Through its Ingredients Operations segment, it produces high-quality, innovative, specialty plant-based ingredients, including fruits, vegetables, botanical extracts, and flavorings. Universal also has a business that produces liquid nicotine and recycles waste materials from tobacco production. Most of its revenue was generated outside the US.
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GEORGE C FREEMAN III
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Tobacco Manufacturing
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Financial data as of March 31, 2025 (12 month period) in USD
Annual Revenue 2024
$2.95 billion
USD
Actual
All financial statement data is in millions except per share data | Source: Morningstar
| Cash Flow (mil) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net Operating Cash | -$75 | -$11 | $45 |
| Net Investing Cash | -$60 | -$50 | -$143 |
| Net Financing Cash | $126 | $39 | -$17 |
| Net Change in Cash | -$9 | -$22 | -$115 |
| Cash at Beginning of Period | $65 | $88 | $203 |
| Cash at End of Period | $56 | $65 | $88 |
| Capital Expenditure | -$66 | -$55 | -$53 |
| Assets (mil) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Assets | |||
| Cash and Cash Equivalents | $56 | $65 | $82 |
| Accounts Receivable | $525 | $402 | $390 |
| Inventories | $1,264 | $1,037 | $1,017 |
| Other Current Assets | $258 | $299 | $260 |
| Asset Summary | |||
| Total Current Assets | $2,103 | $1,803 | $1,748 |
| Tangible Fixed Assets | $398 | $392 | $385 |
| Intangible Assets | $69 | $80 | $93 |
| Total Assets | $2,937 | $2,639 | $2,586 |
| Liabilities (mil) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Liabilities | |||
| Accounts Payable | $109 | $83 | $168 |
| Short-Term Debt | $417 | $196 | $183 |
| Other Current Liabilities | $185 | $163 | $168 |
| Liability Summary | |||
| Total Current Liabilities | $711 | $442 | $519 |
| Long-Term Debt | $617 | $617 | $519 |
| Other Long-Term Liabilities | $28 | $33 | $34 |
| Total Liabilities | $1,458 | $1,202 | $1,202 |
| Stakeholder's Equity (mil) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
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| Equity | |||
| Common Stock | $346 | $337 | $331 |
| Retained Earnings | $1,173 | $1,137 | $1,094 |
| Equity Summary | |||
| Total Equity | $1,437 | $1,397 | $1,341 |
| Shares Outstanding | 24,573,408 | 24,555,361 | 24,550,019 |