Universal Corporation
Universal Corporation is classed by the SEC under Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (industry code 5150), based in Richmond, VA. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2026-03-31, it reported revenue of $2.9 billion and a profit of $33 million (its filed statements).
vs its business-model standard
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a distribution business: prior from its industry code (SEC 5150, Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 4.7 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 3.2 out of ten, present 5.5 out of ten, future 4.9 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
- Surviving crises (past): 0.1 out of ten. 6 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-02-10. 1st percentile among 36 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Track record (past): 5.7 out of ten. +3.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10. 57th percentile among 35 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Shareholder treatment (past): 5.8 out of ten. Share count grew 0.3% a year. 64% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 4 sales, 0 purchases. 58th percentile among 25 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Financial health (present): 4.8 out of ten. ROE 2%: 2¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 47%: owes 47¢ per asset dollar. 48th percentile among 32 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Industry position (present): 6.5 out of ten. top 35% of 35 in its family; net margin 1.1%. 65th percentile among 35 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Leadership (present): 4.4 out of ten. bottom 44% of 22 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024. 44th percentile among 22 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
- Room to expand (future): 5.0 out of ten. top 50% of 34 in its family for room to expand. 50th percentile among 34 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Growth drivers (future): 6.5 out of ten. top 35% of 35 in its family for growth drivers. 65th percentile among 35 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Expectations vs reality (future): 3.2 out of ten. bottom 32% of 31 in its family for expectations against reality. 32nd percentile among 31 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2026-06-01 for the period ended 2026-03-31 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-08-05 for the period ended 2026-06-30 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-08-05 for the period ended 2026-08-04 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 4, 2026-10-05. Filings on record since 1994. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Who runs it
Wigner, Preston Douglas (Chairman, President & CEO); Diel, Steven S. (Senior VP & CFO); Kroner, Johan C. (Senior VP & CFO); Hentschke, Airton L (Senior VP & COO); Santos, Godoi Tatiana (Chief Human Resources Officer); Bleicher, Scott J (VP & Controller); Claiborne, Catherine H (VP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary); O'Keefe, John Patrick (VP, Ingredients); Starke, Mckeen (Senior VP & Sales Director); Freeman, Lennart R. (director); and 8 more. 18 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-10-05.
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