Growth Metrics

Universal (UVV) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Universal (UVV) has disclosed Operating Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 9.51% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 159.0% to 9.51% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 7.77% through Dec 2025, down 79.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 7.9% for FY2025, 18.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin hit 9.51% in Q4 2025 for Universal, up from 8.97% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 11.11% in Q4 2024 to a low of 2.13% in Q2 2023.
  • Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 7.43% across 5 years, with a median of 8.75% in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: surged 517bps in 2021 and later plummeted -276bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 9.62% in 2021, then grew by 1bps to 9.75% in 2022, then increased by 9bps to 10.65% in 2023, then rose by 4bps to 11.11% in 2024, then dropped by -14bps to 9.51% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for UVV at 9.51% in Q4 2025, 8.97% in Q3 2025, and 5.69% in Q2 2025.