Universal (UVV) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Universal's (UVV) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $77.6 million in Q4 2025, down 13.27% year-on-year from $89.5 million in Q4 2024, and up 7.56% quarter-over-quarter from $72.2 million in Q3 2025.

Universal (UVV) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Universal has disclosed Operating Expenses across 17 years of filings, most recently posting $77.6 million for Q4 2025.

  • Operating Expenses for Q4 2025 came in at $77.6 million, down 13.27% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $231.5 million (down 28.83% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $315.9 million, up 0.56% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $77.6 million for Q4 2025 at Universal, up from $72.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $89.5 million in Q4 2024 to a low of $1.4 million in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $72.3 million (2022), against an average of $68.2 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses jumped 33.32% in 2022 and plunged 98.31% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Universal's Operating Expenses stood at $60.3 million in 2021, then gained by 12.79% to $68.0 million in 2022, then climbed by 16.94% to $79.5 million in 2023, then advanced by 12.61% to $89.5 million in 2024, then retreated by 13.27% to $77.6 million in 2025.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $77.6 million (Q4 2025), $72.2 million (Q3 2025), and $80.3 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Philip Morris International 277.78 Bn 274.30 Bn 6.91 Bn -
2 Altria 120.77 Bn 117.29 Bn 3.51 Bn -
3 British American Tobacco p.l.c 45.84 Bn 40.53 Bn - -
4 Turning Point Brands 1.66 Bn 1.49 Bn 68.30 Mn 55.81 Mn
5 Universal 1.35 Bn 1.30 Bn 98.47 Mn 72.37 Mn
6 RLX Technology 355.86 Mn -269.04 Mn 73.10 Mn -37.64 Mn
7 Ispire Technology 97.40 Mn 79.11 Mn 1.99 Mn 11.47 Mn
8 Rythm 54.37 Mn 21.11 Mn 10.40 Mn 14.43 Mn
9 Greenlane Holdings 11.69 Mn -26.54 Mn 217,000.00 5.79 Mn
10 22nd Century 2.50 Mn -7.04 Mn -636,000.00 2.40 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 72.37 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 77.64 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 72.18 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 80.31 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 1.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 89.51 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 74.41 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 78.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 82.72 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 79.49 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 76.41 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 75.48 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 70.41 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 67.97 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 72.37 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 66.45 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 65.17 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 60.27 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 65.40 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 49.84 Mn