Universal Corporation (UVV)
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About Universal Corporation
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.
Insider Activity of Universal Corporation
Over the last 12 months, insiders at Universal Corporation have bought $0 and sold $639,223 worth of Universal Corporation stock.
On average, over the past 5 years, insiders at Universal Corporation have bought $0 and sold $896,988 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.
List of Insider Buy and Sell Transactions, Universal Corporation
| 2023-11-22 | Sale | Formacek Candace C | Vice President & Treasurer | 3,767 0.0153% | $54.94 | $206,965 | -6.00% | |
| 2023-11-20 | Sale | SLEDD ROBERT C | director | 2,000 0.0081% | $53.74 | $107,481 | -3.85% | |
| 2023-11-15 | Sale | Williams Jacqueline T. | director | 182 0.0007% | $53.10 | $9,665 | -3.44% | |
| 2023-11-08 | Sale | Hentschke Airton L | Senior VP & COO | 4,368 0.0177% | $51.52 | $225,052 | +0.35% | |
| 2023-08-08 | Sale | Freeman Lennart R. | director | 1,847 0.0075% | $48.76 | $90,060 | +3.54% | |
| 2023-06-08 | Sale | Wigner Preston Douglas | VP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary | 3,000 0.0122% | $53.00 | $159,000 | -3.61% | |
| 2023-02-17 | Sale | Broome Theodore G | 5,000 0.0202% | $53.45 | $267,239 | -2.40% | ||
| 2022-11-09 | Sale | JOHNSON THOMAS H | director | 2,800 0.0113% | $53.94 | $151,032 | -2.48% | |
| 2022-08-09 | Sale | Freeman Lennart R. | 1,402 0.0057% | $51.54 | $72,259 | +4.59% | ||
| 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 | -1.33% | |
| 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 | -13.09% | ||
| 2021-06-21 | Sale | Formacek Candace C | Vice President & Treasurer | 2,500 0.0101% | $54.39 | $135,978 | +2.03% | |
| 2021-06-11 | Sale | Hentschke Airton L | SVP & COO | 8,000 0.0323% | $56.82 | $454,561 | -3.06% | |
| 2021-06-02 | Sale | Wigner Preston Douglas | VP, General Counsel & Secy | 4,000 0.0163% | $57.68 | $230,711 | -3.59% | |
| 2021-06-02 | Sale | SLEDD ROBERT C | director | 4,419 0.0182% | $58.56 | $258,777 | -3.59% | |
| 2021-02-18 | Sale | Wigner Preston Douglas | VP, General Counsel & Secy | 2,500 0.0102% | $51.68 | $129,197 | +6.78% | |
| 2021-02-18 | Sale | Broome Theodore G | 5,000 0.0203% | $51.68 | $258,393 | +6.78% | ||
| 2019-06-12 | Sale | Broome Theodore G | 5,000 0.0199% | $59.25 | $296,227 | -8.63% |
Insider Historical Profitability
| Hentschke Airton L | Senior VP & COO | 104777 0.4264% | $48.04 | 0 | 2 | |
| Formacek Candace C | Vice President & Treasurer | 26975 0.1098% | $48.04 | 0 | 3 | |
| SLEDD ROBERT C | director | 15080 0.0614% | $48.04 | 0 | 6 | |
| Freeman Lennart R. | director | 14594 0.0594% | $48.04 | 0 | 2 | |
| Williams Jacqueline T. | director | 10217 0.0416% | $48.04 | 0 | 1 | |
| FREEMAN GEORGE C III | Chairman, President & CEO | 225726 0.9186% | $48.04 | 3 | 5 | +23.15% |
| KING ALLEN B | Chairman & CEO | 110525 0.4498% | $48.04 | 0 | 11 | |
| Brewer W Keith | Executive VP & COO | 78032 0.3175% | $48.04 | 0 | 12 | |
| Moore David C | Senior VP & CFO | 54871 0.2233% | $48.04 | 0 | 12 | |
| STARKEY JAMES H III | Vice President | 53151 0.2163% | $48.04 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wigner Preston Douglas | VP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary | 49702 0.2023% | $48.04 | 0 | 12 | |
| Broome Theodore G | 38998 0.1587% | $48.04 | 0 | 15 | ||
| WHELAN KAREN M L | VP & Treasurer | 31156 0.1268% | $48.04 | 0 | 10 | |
| TAYLOR WILLIAM L | Vice President | 28867 0.1175% | $48.04 | 0 | 4 | |
| PEEBLES ROBERT | VP & Controller | 27053 0.1101% | $48.04 | 0 | 6 | |
| JOHNSON THOMAS H | director | 24652 0.1003% | $48.04 | 1 | 7 | +7.65% |
| MOORE EDDIE N JR | director | 23340 0.095% | $48.04 | 0 | 6 | |
| Paul Ray M Jr | 22974 0.0935% | $48.04 | 1 | 6 | +7.65% | |
| HUFFMAN JAMES A | 22019 0.0896% | $48.04 | 0 | 12 | ||
| ROPER HARTWELL H | Vice President | 17484 0.0712% | $48.04 | 0 | 8 | |
| CORONADO WILLIAM J | Vice President | 17017 0.0693% | $48.04 | 0 | 9 | |
| TRANI EUGENE P | director | 13258 0.054% | $48.04 | 0 | 2 | |
| FARRELL JOSEPH C | director | 12030 0.049% | $48.04 | 0 | 3 | |
| ADAMS JOHN B JR | 11014 0.0448% | $48.04 | 0 | 12 | ||
| CROCKER CHESTER A | director | 0 0% | $48.04 | 0 | 8 | |
| STALLARD HUBERT R | director | 0 0% | $48.04 | 0 | 3 | |
| FOSTER CHARLES H JR | director | 0 0% | $48.04 | 0 | 4 |
Institutional Investor Ownership
| BlackRock | $202.81M | 15.96 | 3.92M | -1.33% | -$2.74M | 0.01 | |
| The Vanguard Group | $152.5M | 12 | 2.95M | +0.19% | +$283,994.52 | <0.01 | |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | $100.79M | 7.93 | 1.95M | +2.21% | +$2.18M | 0.03 | |
| State Street | $60.81M | 4.79 | 1.18M | -20.41% | -$15.59M | <0.01 | |
| Voya Investment Management | $55.34M | 4.35 | 1.07M | -1.57% | -$884,308.56 | 0.19 | |
| Invesco | $50.68M | 3.99 | 979,922 | +9.82% | +$4.53M | 0.01 | |
| Geode Capital Management | $28.02M | 2.2 | 541,631 | +4.09% | +$1.1M | <0.01 | |
| Charles Schwab | $26.01M | 2.05 | 502,877 | +4.08% | +$1.02M | 0.01 | |
| BNY Mellon | $20.38M | 1.6 | 394,037 | -3.48% | -$734,216.30 | <0.01 | |
| Morgan Stanley | $16.2M | 1.27 | 313,151 | -4.18% | -$706,552.21 | <0.01 | |
| Renaissance Technologies | $14.32M | 1.13 | 276,811 | +4.93% | +$672,375.74 | 0.02 | |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co Ltd | $13.73M | 1.07 | 263,479 | -1.42% | -$198,344.70 | 0.01 | |
| Northern Trust | $13.06M | 1.03 | 252,467 | -1.15% | -$152,005.07 | <0.01 | |
| Boston Partners | $12.27M | 0.97 | 238,262 | New | +$12.27M | 0.02 | |
| Advisors Asset Management Inc | $10.94M | 0.86 | 211,555 | -1.84% | -$205,690.45 | 0.22 | |
| First Trust | $10.85M | 0.85 | 209,772 | -10.37% | -$1.26M | 0.01 | |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | $10.17M | 0.8 | 196,709 | -48.01% | -$9.4M | 0.01 | |
| Davenport & Company | $8.85M | 0.7 | 171,157 | -0.27% | -$24,308.44 | 0.06 | |
| Prudential Financial | $8.44M | 0.66 | 163,172 | +48.88% | +$2.77M | 0.01 | |
| ProShares | $8.36M | 0.66 | 161,589 | +17.58% | +$1.25M | 0.02 | |
| Adams Asset Advisors Llc | $7.82M | 0.62 | 151,106 | 0% | +$0 | 1.07 | |
| Bank of America | $7.73M | 0.61 | 149,483 | +266.38% | +$5.62M | <0.01 | |
| Insight Folios Inc | $5.8M | 0.46 | 112,210 | +4.15% | +$231,137.11 | 2.36 | |
| Goldman Sachs | $5.33M | 0.42 | 103,024 | +7.77% | +$384,227.86 | <0.01 | |
| Ameriprise Financial | $5.08M | 0.4 | 98,400 | -3.34% | -$175,599.61 | <0.01 | |
| Millennium Management LLC | $4.84M | 0.38 | 93,569 | +789.95% | +$4.3M | <0.01 | |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management | $4.37M | 0.34 | 84,521 | +16.36% | +$614,588.74 | 0.03 | |
| Nuveen | $4.35M | 0.34 | 84,119 | -1.93% | -$85,441.43 | <0.01 | |
| Hrt Financial Llc | $4.04M | 0.32 | 78,175 | New | +$4.04M | 0.03 | |
| Navellier & Associates, Inc. | $3.87M | 0.3 | 74,773 | -6.57% | -$272,048.43 | 0.48 | |
| JPMorgan Chase | $3.82M | 0.3 | 73,869 | +5.25% | +$190,639.94 | <0.0001 | |
| Qube Research & Technologies | $3.69M | 0.29 | 71,347 | +1,095.89% | +$3.38M | <0.01 | |
| UBS | $3.61M | 0.28 | 69,761 | +19.11% | +$578,798.53 | <0.01 | |
| Legal & General | $3.5M | 0.28 | 67,655 | -1.39% | -$49,237.43 | <0.01 | |
| RhumbLine Advisers | $3.49M | 0.27 | 67,396 | +0.34% | +$11,740.39 | <0.01 | |
| Jane Street Capital | $3.25M | 0.26 | 62,912 | New | +$3.25M | <0.01 | |
| Wintrust Investments Llc | $2.81M | 0.22 | 54,255 | +6.9% | +$181,015.58 | 0.27 | |
| O Shaughnessy Asset Management Llc | $2.77M | 0.22 | 53,600 | +182.98% | +$1.79M | 0.03 | |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | $2.61M | 0.21 | 50,370 | -1.18% | -$31,031.99 | 0.02 | |
| Swiss National Bank | $2.51M | 0.2 | 48,600 | 0% | +$0 | <0.01 | |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | $2.45M | 0.19 | 47,388 | +0.21% | +$5,172.19 | 0.01 | |
| Two Sigma Advisers LP | $2.35M | 0.19 | 45,500 | -39.58% | -$1.54M | <0.01 | |
| AQR Capital | $2.3M | 0.18 | 44,418 | -0.53% | -$12,309.36 | <0.01 | |
| Two Sigma | $1.9M | 0.15 | 36,794 | +159.48% | +$1.17M | <0.01 | |
| Credit Suisse | $1.82M | 0.14 | 35,256 | +17.37% | +$269,823.19 | <0.01 | |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | $1.75M | 0.14 | 33,820 | +59,233.33% | +$1.75M | <0.01 | |
| Allspring Global Investments | $1.69M | 0.13 | 32,643 | -18.49% | -$382,934.89 | <0.01 | |
| Tudor Investment Corp Et Al | $1.54M | 0.12 | 29,805 | New | +$1.54M | 0.02 | |
| Exchange Traded Concepts, LLC | $1.52M | 0.12 | 29,473 | +7.84% | +$110,784.27 | 0.04 | |
| Martingale Asset Management L P | $1.47M | 0.12 | 28,348 | -0.39% | -$5,792.65 | 0.03 |