Universal (UVV) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Universal has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 9.87% for Q4 2025.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 came in at 9.87%, down 175.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 9.87% (down 175.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 10.52%, down 17.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 9.87% for Q4 2025 at Universal, down from 10.79% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 11.62% in Q2 2025 to a low of 7.13% in Q1 2021.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 8.89% (2023), against an average of 9.27%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 254 bps in 2021 and tumbled 175 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Universal's Return on Capital Employed stood at 8.46% in 2021, then climbed by 0 bps to 8.48% in 2022, then advanced by 9 bps to 9.28% in 2023, then advanced by 25 bps to 11.61% in 2024, then fell by 15 bps to 9.87% in 2025.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 9.87% (Q4 2025), 10.79% (Q3 2025), and 11.62% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.