Universal (UVV) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)
Universal's Return on Capital Employed history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.1% for Q4 2025.
- For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 2.0% year-over-year to 0.1%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.1%, down 2.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.11%, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.1% at Universal, down from 0.11% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.12% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 0.07% in Q1 2021.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.09% (2023), against an average of 0.09%.
- The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed rose 3bps in 2021 before it dropped -2bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.08% in 2021, then grew by 0bps to 0.08% in 2022, then increased by 9bps to 0.09% in 2023, then rose by 25bps to 0.12% in 2024, then decreased by -15bps to 0.1% in 2025.
- Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for UVV's Return on Capital Employed are 0.1% (Q4 2025), 0.11% (Q3 2025), and 0.12% (Q2 2025).