Growth Metrics

Universal (UVV) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Universal (UVV) has disclosed Gross Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 18.53% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin fell 213.0% to 18.53% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 18.19% through Dec 2025, down 116.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 18.62% for FY2025, 89.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin hit 18.53% in Q4 2025 for Universal, roughly flat from 18.54% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 20.66% in Q4 2024 to a low of 16.07% in Q2 2024.
  • Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 18.79% across 5 years, with a median of 18.72% in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: plummeted -348bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 369bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Gross Margin stood at 20.14% in 2021, then fell by -9bps to 18.3% in 2022, then grew by 11bps to 20.32% in 2023, then rose by 2bps to 20.66% in 2024, then fell by -10bps to 18.53% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Gross Margin for UVV at 18.53% in Q4 2025, 18.54% in Q3 2025, and 19.22% in Q2 2025.