Growth Metrics

Universal (UVV) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Universal (UVV) has disclosed Return on Equity for 16 consecutive years, with 0.07% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Equity fell 3.0% to 0.07% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.07% through Dec 2025, down 3.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.08% for FY2025, 2.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity hit 0.07% in Q4 2025 for Universal, down from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.1% in Q4 2023 to a low of 0.07% in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Equity has averaged 0.08% across 5 years, with a median of 0.08% in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Equity: grew 3bps in 2021 and later decreased -3bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Equity stood at 0.08% in 2021, then decreased by -5bps to 0.08% in 2022, then grew by 26bps to 0.1% in 2023, then fell by -2bps to 0.1% in 2024, then fell by -29bps to 0.07% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Equity for UVV at 0.07% in Q4 2025, 0.09% in Q3 2025, and 0.09% in Q2 2025.