NYSE : UVV

Universal Corporation — Company profile

Consumer Staples · Tobacco · United States

Last price 41.44 USD (Oct 30, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT) · Market cap 1.03B

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Company profile

Universal Corporation, a business-to-business agriproducts company, provides leaf tobacco and plant-based ingredients to food and beverage end markets worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Tobacco Operations and Ingredients Operations. The Tobacco Operations segment is involved in procuring, processing, packing of flue-cured, burley, dark air-cured, and oriental leaf tobacco for consumer product manufacturers, as well as provision of related services. This segment also offers specialty services, such as custom blending, chemical and physical testing of tobacco, service cutting, reconstituted leaf tobacco manufacturing, and just-in-time product delivery services; and liquid nicotine for tobacco products manufacturers, as well as recycled waste materials from tobacco production. The Ingredients Operations segment engages in the production of specialty plant-based ingredients, including fruits, vegetables, herbs, fruit and vegetable juices, concentrates, pomaces, ciders, purees, nutraceuticals, fruit fibers, seeds, seed powders, dehydrated products, botanical extracts, distillates, natural flavors, colors, and other value-added products for consumer-packaged goods manufacturers and retailers, as well as food, and beverage companies. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

Details

NameUniversal Corporation
SectorConsumer Staples
IndustryTobacco
Employees11250
Founded1886
CeoPreston Wigner
CountryUnited States
ExchangeNYSE
Fiscal YearApril - March
Reporting CurrencyUSD
IsinUS9134561094
Cusip913456109
Cik0000102037
Sic5150
Stock TypeCommon Stock

Key executives

NameTitle
Preston Douglas WignerPresident, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Airton L. HentschkeChief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President
Catherine H. ClaiborneVice President, General Counsel and Secretary
John Patrick O'KeefeVice President of Ingredients
Steven S. DielSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Harvard B. SmithVice President and Chief Compliance Officer
McKeen StarkeSenior Vice President and Sales Director
Tatiana Santos GodoiChief Human Resources Officer
Theodore G. BroomeExecutive Vice President and Sales Director of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company Inc
Joseph W. Hearington Jr.Vice President of Internal Auditing

Contact

Address9201 Forest Hill Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23235, United States
Phone804 359 9311
Websitehttps://www.universalcorp.com