Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclicals | Industry: Tobacco |
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Company Contact | |
Address: | Stony Point Ii Building 9201 Forest Hill Avenue RICHMOND VA 23235 |
Tel: | 1-804-3599311 |
Website: | www.universalcorp.com |
IR: | See website |
Key People | ||
George C. Freeman Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer | Johan C. Kroner Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President | Airton L. Hentschke Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President |
Theodore G. Broome Executive Vice President, Sales Director of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc. | J. Patrick O'Keefe Senior Vice President of Universal Global Ventures, Inc., Vice President - Ingredients | Preston Douglas Wigner Senior Vice President |
Scott J. Bleicher Vice President, Controller | Candace C. Formacek Vice President, Treasurer | Catherine H. Claiborne Vice President, Assistant Secretary |
Business Overview |
Universal Corporation is a global leaf tobacco supplier. The Company is a business-to-business Agri-products supplier to consumer product manufacturers, operating in over 30 countries. Through its plant-based ingredients platform, it provides a variety of value-added manufacturing processes to produce specialty vegetable- and fruit-based ingredients as well as botanical extracts and flavorings for human and pet food end markets. It operates through two segments: Tobacco Operations and Ingredients Operations. The Tobacco Operations segment activities involve contracting, procuring, processing, packing, storing, and shipping leaf tobacco for sale to, or for the account of, manufacturers of consumer tobacco products. It also provides physical and chemical product testing and smoke testing for tobacco customers. The Ingredients Operations segment provides its customers with a broad variety of plant-based ingredients for both human and pet consumption. |
Financial Overview |
For the nine months ended 31 December 2023, Universal Corp revenues increased 5% to $1.98B. Net income increased 13% to $79.3M. Revenues reflect Tobacco Operations segment increase of 6% to $1.74B, ingredients operations segment increase of 1% to $235.2M. Net income benefited from Tobacco Operations segment income increase of 25% to $148.9M, Corporate Expense/Equity in Affiliates segment income totaling $3.5M vs. loss of $208K. |
Employees: | 28,000 as of Mar 31, 2023 |
Reporting Currency: | U.S. Dollars |
Enterprise value: | $2,183M as of Dec 31, 2023 |
Annual revenue (TTM): | $2,672M as of Dec 31, 2023 |
EBITDA (TTM): | $268.09M as of Dec 31, 2023 |
Net annual income (TTM): | $132.99M as of Dec 31, 2023 |
Free cash flow (TTM): | -$14.57M as of Dec 31, 2023 |
Net Debt Last Fiscal Year: | $908.45M as of Dec 31, 2023 |
Shares outstanding: | 24,573,240 as of Feb 5, 2024 |
Index Membership: | S&P 600 Small Cap |
TTM: Trailing Twelve Months EBITDA: Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, & Amortization |