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Universal (UVV) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Universal's Operating Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 9.51% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 159.0% to 9.51% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 7.77%, a 79.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 7.9%, down 18.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin hit 9.51% in Q4 2025 for Universal, up from 8.97% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for UVV hit a ceiling of 11.11% in Q4 2024 and a floor 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.
  • Tracing UVV's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 9.62% in 2021, then rose by 1bps to 9.75% in 2022, then grew by 9bps to 10.65% in 2023, then increased by 4bps to 11.11% in 2024, then fell 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.