UVV Insider Trading

Insider Ownership Percentage: 1.90%
Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $0.00
Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $943,347.25

Universal Insider Trading History Chart

This chart shows the insider buying and selling history at Universal by year and by quarter.

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Universal Share Price & Price History

Current Price: $52.20
Price Change: Price Decrease of -0.564 (-1.07%)
As of 12/4/2025 04:59 PM ET

This chart shows the closing price history over time for UVV up to the past year.

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Universal Insider Trading History

Transaction DateInsider NameTitleBuy/SellNumber of SharesAverage Share PriceTotal TransactionShares Held After TransactionDetails
8/26/2025Airton L HentschkeCOOSell10,000$54.94$549,400.00135,129View SEC Filing Icon  
8/15/2025Robert C. SleddDirectorSell4,617$53.25$245,855.2515,698View SEC Filing Icon  
8/11/2025Lennart R. FreemanDirectorSell2,800$52.89$148,092.0019,669View SEC Filing Icon  
11/22/2023Candace C FormacekVPSell3,767$54.94$206,958.9826,975View SEC Filing Icon  
11/20/2023Robert C. SleddDirectorSell2,000$53.74$107,480.0015,080View SEC Filing Icon  
8/8/2023Lennart R. FreemanDirectorSell1,847$48.76$90,059.7214,594View SEC Filing Icon  
6/8/2023Preston Douglas WignerVPSell3,000$53.00$159,000.0049,702View SEC Filing Icon  
2/17/2023Theodore G BroomeInsiderSell5,000$53.45$267,250.0038,998View SEC Filing Icon  
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SEC Filings (Institutional Ownership Changes) for Universal (NYSE:UVV)

81.00% of Universal stock is owned by institutions. Institutional ownership can be a sign of analyst confidence in the fundamentals of the stock.

Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

This chart shows the instiutional buying and selling at UVV by year and by quarter.

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Universal Institutional Trading History

Reporting DateHedge FundShares HeldMarket Value% of PortfolioQuarterly Change in SharesOwnership in CompanyDetails
12/1/2025Cambria Investment Management L.P.14,765$0.83M0.0%+23.4%0.059%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/24/2025CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC10,111$0.57M0.0%+17.9%0.041%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/21/2025CIBC Bancorp USA Inc.12,691$0.71M0.0%N/A0.051%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/19/2025Sunbelt Securities Inc.2,755$0.15M0.0%-29.2%0.011%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Hancock Whitney Corp8,379$0.47M0.0%-12.7%0.034%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co19,327$1.07M0.0%+5.3%0.078%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Triumph Capital Management1,135$63K0.0%N/A0.005%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Dark Forest Capital Management LP7,510$0.42M0.0%N/A0.030%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Virtus Advisers LLC4,570$0.26M0.2%N/A0.018%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC17,492$0.98M0.0%-34.3%0.070%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Qube Research & Technologies Ltd463,805$25.91M0.0%+5.9%1.861%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Prelude Capital Management LLC4,550$0.25M0.0%N/A0.018%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Mariner LLC5,384$0.30M0.0%-13.2%0.022%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Millennium Management LLC279,058$15.59M0.0%+1,575.1%1.120%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd.273,496$15.28M0.0%-1.8%1.097%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Brevan Howard Capital Management LP20,477$1.14M0.0%+86.3%0.082%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Bank of America Corp DE70,172$3.92M0.0%+44.0%0.282%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Ameriprise Financial Inc.78,416$4.38M0.0%-2.4%0.315%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025Creative Planning18,544$1.04M0.0%+59.9%0.074%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025Lazard Asset Management LLC22,480$1.26M0.0%+6.2%0.090%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025Raymond James Financial Inc.35,437$1.98M0.0%+5.8%0.142%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025Man Group plc5,469$0.31M0.0%N/A0.022%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025Horizon Investments LLC10,396$0.57M0.0%+26.4%0.042%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC30,062$1.68M0.0%-57.3%0.121%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025Two Sigma Investments LP257,345$14.38M0.0%+34.0%1.033%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025Squarepoint Ops LLC67,667$3.78M0.0%+33.7%0.272%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025Comerica Bank3,898$0.22M0.0%-18.1%0.016%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Jump Financial LLC62,200$3.48M0.0%+1,316.5%0.250%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership40,752$2.28M0.0%-67.0%0.164%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Invesco Ltd.815,801$45.58M0.0%+21.2%3.274%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025UBS Group AG157,543$8.80M0.0%+18.2%0.632%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025BNP Paribas Financial Markets46,857$2.62M0.0%+506.7%0.188%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Franklin Resources Inc.10,841$0.61M0.0%+11.1%0.044%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Quadrant Capital Group LLC1,595$89K0.0%N/A0.006%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Legal & General Group Plc67,428$3.77M0.0%-2.5%0.271%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Vestcor Inc8,693$0.49M0.0%N/A0.035%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Swiss National Bank48,100$2.69M0.0%+1.9%0.193%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Russell Investments Group Ltd.24,301$1.36M0.0%+163.4%0.098%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Jefferies Financial Group Inc.15,900$0.89M0.0%N/A0.064%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Heritage Wealth Advisors18,062$1.01M0.0%+1.5%0.072%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC14,955$0.84M0.0%-9.9%0.060%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025First Trust Advisors LP230,980$12.91M0.0%-73.2%0.927%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/12/2025Barclays PLC578,564$32.32M0.0%+917.9%2.322%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/12/2025Dimensional Fund Advisors LP1,781,864$99.55M0.0%-1.0%7.150%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/12/2025Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky7,026$0.39M0.0%-10.2%0.028%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/12/2025Victory Capital Management Inc.89,569$5M0.0%+1,662.1%0.359%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/12/2025Quantbot Technologies LP6,470$0.36M0.0%+2,108.2%0.026%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/12/2025Intech Investment Management LLC84,568$4.73M0.0%+306.2%0.339%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/12/2025US Bancorp DE1,929$0.11M0.0%-9.7%0.008%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/10/2025Cary Street Partners Financial LLC11,705$0.65M0.0%+5.7%0.047%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/10/2025AXQ Capital LP3,997$0.22M0.1%N/A0.016%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/10/2025Ameritas Investment Partners Inc.2,022$0.11M0.0%-15.6%0.008%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/7/2025Pzena Investment Management LLC337,504$18.86M0.1%-32.1%1.356%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/7/2025GSA Capital Partners LLP5,518$0.31M0.0%N/A0.022%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/7/2025Vanguard Group Inc.2,948,411$164.73M0.0%-0.5%11.848%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/7/2025JPMorgan Chase & Co.44,376$2.48M0.0%-54.8%0.178%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/6/2025Public Sector Pension Investment Board111,080$6.21M0.0%+31.8%0.446%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/6/2025Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund12,717$0.71M0.0%-8.9%0.051%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/6/2025Rhumbline Advisers61,400$3.43M0.0%-1.8%0.247%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/6/2025Advisors Asset Management Inc.157,021$8.77M0.1%-20.9%0.631%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/6/2025Navellier & Associates Inc.69,702$3.89M0.4%+4.2%0.280%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/6/2025ProShare Advisors LLC117,792$6.58M0.0%+11.5%0.473%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/5/2025AdvisorShares Investments LLC6,756$0.38M0.1%+22.8%0.027%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/5/2025Alps Advisors Inc.11,112$0.62M0.0%-60.7%0.045%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/5/2025SBI Securities Co. Ltd.2,123$0.12M0.0%+14.0%0.009%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/5/2025Envestnet Asset Management Inc.3,640$0.20M0.0%N/A0.015%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/5/2025Hantz Financial Services Inc.2,007$0.11M0.0%+49.4%0.008%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/4/2025Allianz Asset Management GmbH106,621$5.96M0.0%-7.9%0.428%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/4/2025Principal Financial Group Inc.120,096$6.71M0.0%-2.0%0.483%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/4/2025Thrivent Financial for Lutherans17,954$1M0.0%-1.2%0.072%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/3/2025AlphaQuest LLC9,802$0.55M0.0%+84.0%0.039%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/3/2025Foundations Investment Advisors LLC6,602$0.37M0.0%N/A0.027%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/3/2025AE Wealth Management LLC6,810$0.38M0.0%+76.9%0.027%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/3/2025Ballentine Partners LLC4,633$0.26M0.0%+5.9%0.019%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/3/2025Federated Hermes Inc.24,181$1.35M0.0%N/A0.097%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/31/2025Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd22,720$1.27M0.0%+93.6%0.091%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/30/2025TrueMark Investments LLC90,509$5.06M0.9%+6.6%0.364%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/29/2025Arkadios Wealth Advisors32,385$1.81M0.0%-5.3%0.130%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/29/2025Amalgamated Bank7,268$0.41M0.0%+3.3%0.029%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/29/2025Maryland State Retirement & Pension System3,601$0.20M0.0%-50.3%0.014%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/29/2025Howland Capital Management LLC6,383$0.36M0.0%+79.4%0.026%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/24/2025New York State Teachers Retirement System46,182$2.58M0.0%+7.7%0.186%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/24/2025State of Alaska Department of Revenue13,522$0.75M0.0%-8.2%0.054%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/23/2025Nisa Investment Advisors LLC21,600$1.21M0.0%-19.6%0.087%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/23/2025SG Americas Securities LLC10,408$0.58M0.0%+170.5%0.042%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/22/2025CoreCap Advisors LLC22,326$1.25M0.0%+1.0%0.090%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/21/2025Rexford Capital Inc.8,471$0.47M0.4%+82.2%0.034%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/15/2025CWM LLC1,522$85K0.0%+32.6%0.006%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/15/2025DAVENPORT & Co LLC138,568$7.74M0.0%+29.9%0.557%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/14/2025Yousif Capital Management LLC3,828$0.21M0.0%-18.3%0.015%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/14/2025Exchange Traded Concepts LLC36,477$2.04M0.0%+142.9%0.147%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/9/2025Adams Asset Advisors LLC143,987$8.05M1.0%-3.6%0.579%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/9/2025Voya Investment Management LLC23,320$1.30M0.0%+7.7%0.094%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/8/2025Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC3,700$0.21M0.0%N/A0.015%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
9/24/2025Texas Permanent School Fund Corp23,071$1.34M0.0%-6.2%0.093%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
9/4/2025Osaic Holdings Inc.4,338$0.25M0.0%-6.6%0.017%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/27/2025Squarepoint Ops LLC50,608$2.95M0.0%+738.3%0.203%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/19/2025State of Wyoming3,849$0.22M0.0%N/A0.015%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/18/2025Nomura Holdings Inc.36,259$2.11M0.0%N/A0.146%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/18/2025Rexford Capital Inc.4,650$0.27M0.2%N/A0.019%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
Data available starting January 2016

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Universal logo
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. Universal Corporation was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
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Today's Range

Now: $52.20
Low: $52.02
High: $53.11

50 Day Range

MA: $53.14
Low: $50.32
High: $56.40

52 Week Range

Now: $52.20
Low: $49.40
High: $67.33

Volume

147,098 shs

Average Volume

187,233 shs

Market Capitalization

$1.30 billion

P/E Ratio

11.76

Dividend Yield

6.22%

Beta

0.68

Who are the company insiders with the largest holdings of Universal?

Universal's top insider shareholders include:
  1. Airton L Hentschke (COO)
  2. Lennart R Freeman (Director)
  3. Robert C Sledd (Director)
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Who are the major institutional investors of Universal?

Universal's top institutional investors include:
  1. Vanguard Group Inc. — 11.85%
  2. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP — 7.15%
  3. Invesco Ltd. — 3.27%
  4. Barclays PLC — 2.32%
  5. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd — 1.86%
  6. Pzena Investment Management LLC — 1.36%
Learn More about top institutional investors of Universal stock.

Which institutional investors are selling Universal stock?

In the last quarter, UVV stock was sold by these institutional investors:
  1. First Trust Advisors LP
  2. Pzena Investment Management LLC
  3. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership
  4. JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  5. Advisors Asset Management Inc.
  6. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC
  7. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
  8. Alps Advisors Inc.
Within the previous year, company insiders that have sold Universal company stock include:
  1. Airton L Hentschke (COO)
  2. Lennart R Freeman (Director)
  3. Robert C Sledd (Director)
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Which institutional investors are buying Universal stock?

During the last quarter, UVV stock was purchased by institutional investors including:
  1. Barclays PLC
  2. Millennium Management LLC
  3. Invesco Ltd.
  4. Victory Capital Management Inc.
  5. Two Sigma Investments LP
  6. Intech Investment Management LLC
  7. Jump Financial LLC
  8. BNP Paribas Financial Markets