Universal (UVV) closed at $40.64 on Oct 16, 2026, up 0.5% on the day. The stock is down 8.4% over the past month, down 23.7% over three months, down 20.5% year to date and down 21.3% over the past year. It trades 30.5% below its 52-week high of $58.45 and 1.2% above its 52-week low of $40.14. The close sits below its 50-day moving average ($44.19) and below its 200-day moving average ($50.67).
NextPick tracks UVV in its Tobacco basket alongside PM, MO, BTI and IMBBY. As of Oct 16, 2026, the basket's money-flow score is 61 (strong inflow), and the basket is up 4.0% over five sessions. Over the past month UVV ranks 5th of 5 basket members by price change.
Over its last 8 reports the stock moved an average of 4.3% on the first trading day after earnings, beating the options-implied move in 2 of 6.
Over the last 8 reports, UVV moved an average of 4.3% on the first trading day after earnings. The move beat the options-implied move in 2 of 6 reports.
No — the Oct 16, 2026 close of $40.64 is 19.8% below the 200-day average of $50.67.
UVV closed 30.5% below its 52-week high of $58.45.
NextPick groups UVV with PM, MO, BTI and IMBBY in its Tobacco basket.
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.
