Growth Metrics

Universal (UVV) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Universal's Gross Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 18.53% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin fell 213.0% to 18.53% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 18.19%, a 116.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 18.62%, down 89.0% from a year prior.
  • Gross Margin hit 18.53% in Q4 2025 for Universal, roughly flat from 18.54% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Gross Margin for UVV hit a ceiling of 20.66% in Q4 2024 and a floor 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.
  • Tracing UVV's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 20.14% in 2021, then decreased by -9bps to 18.3% in 2022, then rose by 11bps to 20.32% in 2023, then increased by 2bps to 20.66% in 2024, then decreased 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.