Growth Metrics

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

Universal's Return on Equity history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.07% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.07%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.07%, down 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.08%, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.07% at Universal, down from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 0.1% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 0.07% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Equity is 0.08% (2023), against an average of 0.08%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Equity rose 3bps in 2021 before it dropped -3bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.08% in 2021, then decreased by -4bps to 0.08% in 2022, then increased by 28bps to 0.1% in 2023, then fell by -3bps to 0.1% in 2024, then decreased by -29bps to 0.07% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for UVV's Return on Equity are 0.07% (Q4 2025), 0.09% (Q3 2025), and 0.09% (Q2 2025).