---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000102037-24-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UVV"
cik: "0000102037"
company_name: "UNIVERSAL CORP /VA/"
filed_at: "2024-02-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T06:19:00.015410+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Universal Corp Q3 FY2024 operating income +13% YoY; EPS $3.17; declares $0.80 dividend

## Summary
- Nine-month revenue $1,977.7M (+5% YoY); operating income $153.8M (+20%); diluted EPS $3.17 vs $2.82.
- Tobacco operations revenue $1,742.5M (+6%); operating income $148.9M (+25%); uncommitted inventory at low 8%.
- Ingredients operations revenue $235.2M (+1%); operating income $5.0M (-50% YoY); ongoing expansion on track.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.80 per share declared, payable May 6, 2024 to holders of record April 8, 2024.
- Management cites tight global leaf supply; expects FY2025 headwinds from El Nino but confident in global footprint.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000102037-24-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UVV
- cik: 0000102037
- company_name: UNIVERSAL CORP /VA/
- filed_at: 2024-02-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000010203724000005/0000102037-24-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000010203724000005/xbrl-20240207.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000102037-24-000005.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  UNIVERSAL CORP /VA/ reported financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2023.
  - Period: the quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Universal Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release on February 7, 2024, discussing its results for the quarter ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000010203724000005/0000102037-24-000005-index.htm

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