Growth Metrics

Universal (UVV) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Universal's Debt Ratio history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.36 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Debt Ratio rose 75.96% year-over-year to 0.36; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.36, up 75.96%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.36, 70.76% up from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q4 2025 was 0.36 at Universal, up from 0.2 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.4 in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 0.18 in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.21 (2021), against an average of 0.24.
  • The largest annual shift saw Debt Ratio surged 84.97% in 2024 before it tumbled 50.96% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.2 in 2021, then grew by 11.57% to 0.22 in 2022, then fell by 2.36% to 0.22 in 2023, then fell by 6.71% to 0.2 in 2024, then surged by 75.96% to 0.36 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for UVV's Debt Ratio are 0.36 (Q4 2025), 0.2 (Q3 2025), and 0.19 (Q2 2025).