Growth Metrics

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

Universal (UVV) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.05% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 2.0% to 0.05% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.04% through Dec 2025, down 1.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.04% for FY2025, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.05% in Q4 2025 for Universal, up from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.08% in Q1 2023 to a low of 0.01% in Q2 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.04% across 5 years, with a median of 0.05% in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: grew 4bps in 2021 and later decreased -4bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.07% in 2021, then dropped by -5bps to 0.06% in 2022, then grew by 15bps to 0.07% in 2023, then fell by -3bps to 0.07% in 2024, then tumbled by -33bps to 0.05% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for UVV at 0.05% in Q4 2025, 0.05% in Q3 2025, and 0.02% in Q2 2025.