Growth Metrics

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

Universal's Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.05% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 2.0% year-over-year to 0.05%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.04%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.04%, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.05% at Universal, up from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.08% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 0.01% in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.05% (2021), against an average of 0.04%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales rose 4bps in 2021 before it dropped -4bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.07% in 2021, then fell by -5bps to 0.06% in 2022, then rose by 15bps to 0.07% in 2023, then decreased by -3bps to 0.07% in 2024, then plummeted by -33bps to 0.05% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for UVV's Return on Sales are 0.05% (Q4 2025), 0.05% (Q3 2025), and 0.02% (Q2 2025).