| $121M | ||
| $43M | ||
| $31M | ||
| $24M | ||
| $21M | ||
| $9M |
Buys | $0 | 0 | 0 |
Sells | $943,374 | 3 | 100 |
| Freeman Lennart R. | director | 0 | $0 | 1 | $148,105 | $-148,105 |
| SLEDD ROBERT C | director | 0 | $0 | 1 | $245,855 | $-245,855 |
| Hentschke Airton L | Senior VP & COO | 0 | $0 | 1 | $549,414 | $-549,414 |
Universal Corporation processes and supplies leaf tobacco and plant-based ingredients worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Tobacco Operations and Ingredients Operations. It is involved in the procuring, financing, processing, packing, storing, and shipping leaf tobacco for sale to manufacturers of consumer tobacco products. The company contracts, purchases, processes, and sells flue-cured, burley, and oriental tobaccos that are primarily used in the manufacture of cigarettes; and dark air-cured tobaccos principally used in the manufacture of cigars, natural wrapped cigars and cigarillos, smokeless, and pipe tobacco products. It also provides value-added services, including blending, chemical, and physical testing of tobacco; service cutting for various manufacturers; manufacturing reconstituted leaf tobacco; just-in-time inventory management services; electronic nicotine delivery systems; and smoke testing services for customers. In addition, the company offers testing services for crop protection agents and tobacco constituents in seed, leaf, and finished products, including e-cigarette liquids and vapors; and analytical services that include chemical compound testing in finished tobacco products and mainstream smoke. Further, it provides a various value-added manufacturing processes to produce specialty vegetable and fruit-based ingredients, as well as botanical extracts and flavorings for human and pet food markets; and recycles waste materials from tobacco production. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
Over the last 12 months, insiders at Universal Corporation have bought $0 and sold $943,374 worth of Universal Corporation stock.
On average, over the past 5 years, insiders at Universal Corporation have bought $0 and sold $1.13M worth of stock each year.
There was no buying activity among insiders over the last 12 months.
The last purchase of 5,000 shares for transaction amount of $194,442 was made by FREEMAN GEORGE C III (Chairman, President & CEO) on 2014‑11‑20.
| 2025-08-26 | Sale | Hentschke Airton L | Senior VP & COO | 10,000 0.039% | $54.94 | $549,414 | -1.22% | |
| 2025-08-15 | Sale | SLEDD ROBERT C | director | 4,617 0.0185% | $53.25 | $245,855 | +1.80% | |
| 2025-08-11 | Sale | Freeman Lennart R. | director | 2,800 0.0111% | $52.89 | $148,105 | +1.58% | |
| 2023-11-22 | Sale | Formacek Candace C | Vice President & Treasurer | 3,767 0.0153% | $54.94 | $206,965 | -1.75% | |
| 2023-11-20 | Sale | SLEDD ROBERT C | director | 2,000 0.0081% | $53.74 | $107,481 | +0.47% | |
| 2023-11-15 | Sale | Williams Jacqueline T. | director | 182 0.0007% | $53.10 | $9,665 | +0.60% | |
| 2023-11-08 | Sale | Hentschke Airton L | Senior VP & COO | 4,368 0.0177% | $51.52 | $225,052 | +4.20% | |
| 2023-08-08 | Sale | Freeman Lennart R. | director | 1,847 0.0075% | $48.76 | $90,060 | +7.24% | |
| 2023-06-08 | Sale | Wigner Preston Douglas | VP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary | 3,000 0.0122% | $53.00 | $159,000 | -1.80% | |
| 2023-02-17 | Sale | Broome Theodore G | 5,000 0.0202% | $53.45 | $267,239 | -2.30% | ||
| 2022-11-09 | Sale | JOHNSON THOMAS H | director | 2,800 0.0113% | $53.94 | $151,032 | -2.47% | |
| 2022-08-09 | Sale | Freeman Lennart R. | 1,402 0.0057% | $51.54 | $72,259 | +4.58% | ||
| 2022-06-17 | Sale | Broome Theodore G | 4,000 0.0159% | $56.49 | $225,963 | -3.80% | ||
| 2022-06-16 | Sale | Wigner Preston Douglas | VP, General Counsel & Secy | 4,000 0.0163% | $56.27 | $225,080 | -1.31% | |
| 2022-06-07 | Sale | Wigner Preston Douglas | VP, General Counsel & Secy | 4,000 0.0161% | $63.23 | $252,902 | -12.61% | |
| 2022-05-31 | Sale | SLEDD ROBERT C | 2,000 0.0081% | $63.82 | $127,640 | -13.08% | ||
| 2021-06-21 | Sale | Formacek Candace C | Vice President & Treasurer | 2,500 0.0101% | $54.39 | $135,978 | +2.04% | |
| 2021-06-11 | Sale | Hentschke Airton L | SVP & COO | 8,000 0.0323% | $56.82 | $454,561 | -3.08% | |
| 2021-06-02 | Sale | Wigner Preston Douglas | VP, General Counsel & Secy | 4,000 0.0163% | $57.68 | $230,711 | -3.61% | |
| 2021-06-02 | Sale | SLEDD ROBERT C | director | 4,419 0.0182% | $58.56 | $258,777 | -3.61% |
| Hentschke Airton L | Senior VP & COO | 135129 0.5422% | $7.06M | 0 | 3 | |
| Freeman Lennart R. | director | 19669 0.0789% | $1.03M | 0 | 3 | |
| SLEDD ROBERT C | director | 15698 0.063% | $820,063.52 | 0 | 7 | |
| FREEMAN GEORGE C III | Chairman, President & CEO | 225726 0.9058% | $11.79M | 3 | 5 | +23.14% |
| KING ALLEN B | Chairman & CEO | 110525 0.4435% | $5.77M | 0 | 11 | |
| Brewer W Keith | Executive VP & COO | 78032 0.3131% | $4.08M | 0 | 12 | |
| Moore David C | Senior VP & CFO | 54871 0.2202% | $2.87M | 0 | 12 | |
| STARKEY JAMES H III | Vice President | 53151 0.2133% | $2.78M | 0 | 1 | |
| Wigner Preston Douglas | VP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary | 49702 0.1994% | $2.6M | 0 | 12 | |
| Broome Theodore G | 38998 0.1565% | $2.04M | 0 | 15 | ||
| WHELAN KAREN M L | VP & Treasurer | 31156 0.125% | $1.63M | 0 | 10 | |
| TAYLOR WILLIAM L | Vice President | 28867 0.1158% | $1.51M | 0 | 4 | |
| PEEBLES ROBERT | VP & Controller | 27053 0.1086% | $1.41M | 0 | 6 | |
| Formacek Candace C | Vice President & Treasurer | 26975 0.1082% | $1.41M | 0 | 3 | |
| JOHNSON THOMAS H | director | 24652 0.0989% | $1.29M | 1 | 7 | +7.65% |
| MOORE EDDIE N JR | director | 23340 0.0937% | $1.22M | 0 | 6 | |
| Paul Ray M Jr | 22974 0.0922% | $1.2M | 1 | 6 | +7.65% | |
| HUFFMAN JAMES A | 22019 0.0884% | $1.15M | 0 | 12 | ||
| ROPER HARTWELL H | Vice President | 17484 0.0702% | $913,364.16 | 0 | 8 | |
| CORONADO WILLIAM J | Vice President | 17017 0.0683% | $888,968.08 | 0 | 9 | |
| TRANI EUGENE P | director | 13258 0.0532% | $692,597.92 | 0 | 2 | |
| FARRELL JOSEPH C | director | 12030 0.0483% | $628,447.20 | 0 | 3 | |
| ADAMS JOHN B JR | 11014 0.0442% | $575,371.36 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Williams Jacqueline T. | director | 10217 0.041% | $533,736.08 | 0 | 1 | |
| STALLARD HUBERT R | director | 0 0% | $0 | 0 | 3 | |
| FOSTER CHARLES H JR | director | 0 0% | $0 | 0 | 4 | |
| CROCKER CHESTER A | director | 0 0% | $0 | 0 | 8 |
$34,646,416 | 38 | 17.03% | $1.82B | |
$28,288,228 | 20 | 4.46% | $230.02B | |
$13,024,006 | 15 | 8.56% | $97.3B | |
Universal Corporation (UVV) | $417,767 | 5 | 16.95% | $1.3B |
$439,970 | 2 | -91.53% | $5.71M |
| Increased Positions | 124 | +47.51% | 2M | +11.38% |
| Decreased Positions | 112 | -42.91% | 2M | -10.24% |
| New Positions | 26 | New | 131,563 | New |
| Sold Out Positions | 40 | Sold Out | 704,348 | Sold Out |
| Total Postitions | 273 | +4.6% | 20M | +1.14% |
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