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Universal Corporation(UVV)

Description: Universal Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as a leaf tobacco merchant and processor worldwide. It engages in selecting, procuring, processing, packing, storing, shipping, and financing leaf tobacco for sale to, or for the account of, manufacturers of consumer tobacco products. The company processes and/or sells flue-cured and burley tobaccos, dark air-cured tobaccos, and oriental tobaccos. Flue-cured, burley, and oriental tobaccos are principally used in the manufacture of cigarettes; and dark air-cured tobaccos are used primarily in the manufacture of cigars, pipe tobacco, and smokeless tobacco products. In addition, it provides value-added services, such as blending, chemical and physical testing of tobacco, just-in-time inventory management, and manufacturing reconstituted sheet tobacco. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.


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Home Page: www.universalcorp.com

UVV Technical Analysis

9201 Forest Hill Avenue
Richmond, VA 23235
United States
Phone: 804 359 9311


Officers

Name Title
Mr. George C. Freeman III Chairman, Pres & CEO
Mr. Johan C. Kroner Sr. VP & CFO
Mr. Airton L. Hentschke COO & Sr. VP
Mr. Preston Douglas Wigner VP, Gen. Counsel & Sec.
Mr. Theodore G. Broome Exec. VP & Sales Director of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company Inc
Harvard B. Smith VP & Chief Compliance Officer
Ms. Candace C. Formacek VP & Treasurer
Mr. Scott J. Bleicher VP & Controller
Mr. James A. Huffman Sr. VP of Information & Planning - Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc
Ms. Catherine H. Claiborne VP & Assistant Sec.

Exchange: NYSE

Country: US

Currency: US Dollar ($)

GIC Sector: Consumer Staples
GIC Group: Food, Beverage & Tobacco
GIC Industry: Tobacco
GIC Sub-Industry: Tobacco
Forward PE: 0
Trailing PE: 14.6676
Price-to-Book MRQ: 0.989
Price-to-Sales TTM: 0.5454
IPO Date: 1988-01-05
Fiscal Year End: March
Full Time Employees: 11250
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