---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-053392"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UVV"
cik: "0000102037"
company_name: "UNIVERSAL CORP /VA/"
filed_at: "2026-08-05T20:18:32+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-05T20:19:07.149078+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Universal Q1 FY2027 net loss $5M; revenue down 12% YoY; tobacco ops income down 90%

## Summary
- Net loss of $5.0M ($0.20 diluted loss) vs net income of $8.5M ($0.34 diluted EPS) in prior year.
- Revenue $523.8M, down 12% YoY; gross margin fell 330 bps to 15.9%.
- Tobacco segment operating income $3.5M, down 90% on slower purchasing amid oversupply.
- Ingredients segment posted operating loss of $0.7M vs income $1.7M, hurt by consumer headwinds and high fixed costs.
- Shareholders re-elected three directors, approved say-on-pay, and ratified Ernst & Young as auditor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-053392
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UVV
- cik: 0000102037
- company_name: UNIVERSAL CORP /VA/
- filed_at: 2026-08-05T20:18:32+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000162828026053392/0001628280-26-053392-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102037/000162828026053392/xbrl-20260804.htm

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