Universal (UVV) Debt to Equity (2009 - 2026)

Universal's (UVV) quarterly Debt to Equity came in at $0.71 in Q4 2025, up 70.82% year-on-year from $0.41 in Q4 2024, and down 8.1% quarter-over-quarter from $0.77 in Q3 2025.

Universal (UVV) Debt to Equity (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Universal has disclosed Debt to Equity across 17 years of filings, most recently posting $0.71 for Q4 2025.

  • Debt to Equity for Q4 2025 came in at $0.71, up 70.82% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $0.71 (up 70.82% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $0.72, up 2.22% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity came in at $0.71 for Q4 2025 at Universal, down from $0.77 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt to Equity ranged from a high of $0.83 in Q2 2024 to a low of $0.38 in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $0.63 (2021), against an average of $0.6.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt to Equity soared 108.12% in 2022 and sank 50.36% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Universal's Debt to Equity stood at $0.59 in 2021, then advanced by 21.0% to $0.71 in 2022, then slipped by 4.99% to $0.67 in 2023, then plunged by 38.53% to $0.41 in 2024, then jumped by 70.82% to $0.71 in 2025.
  • The last three Debt to Equity figures came in at $0.71 (Q4 2025), $0.77 (Q3 2025), and $0.41 (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 Philip Morris International 277.78 Bn 274.30 Bn 6.91 Bn -6.78
2 Altria 120.77 Bn 117.29 Bn 3.51 Bn -7.78
3 British American Tobacco p.l.c 45.84 Bn 40.53 Bn - 0.01
4 Turning Point Brands 1.66 Bn 1.49 Bn 68.30 Mn 0.76
5 Universal 1.35 Bn 1.30 Bn 98.47 Mn 0.42
6 RLX Technology 355.86 Mn -269.04 Mn 73.10 Mn 0.01
7 Ispire Technology 97.40 Mn 79.11 Mn 1.99 Mn -0.07
8 Rythm 54.37 Mn 21.11 Mn 10.40 Mn 0.24
9 Greenlane Holdings 11.69 Mn -26.54 Mn 217,000.00 -
10 22nd Century 2.50 Mn -7.04 Mn -636,000.00 -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.42
Dec 31, 2025 0.40
Sep 30, 2025 0.41
Jun 30, 2025 0.41
Mar 31, 2025 0.72
Dec 31, 2024 0.43
Sep 30, 2024 0.42
Jun 30, 2024 0.83
Mar 31, 2024 0.42
Dec 31, 2023 0.44
Sep 30, 2023 0.65
Jun 30, 2023 0.69
Mar 31, 2023 0.43
Dec 31, 2022 0.44
Sep 30, 2022 0.81
Jun 30, 2022 0.72
Mar 31, 2022 0.51
Dec 31, 2021 0.57
Sep 30, 2021 0.53
Jun 30, 2021 0.39