Universal Corporation cash flow to debt ratio of 13.74% indicates that the company cannot generate enough cash to cover its debt over time. This level indicates weak financial health.

Universal Corporation's free cash flow has decreased -69.64% from $264.37M last year to $80.27M, signaling decreasing performance

Universal Corporation's debt to equity ratio is 0.66, which means that the company's assets are unhealthy financed, signaling financial risk. READ MORE: A ratio over 0.60 means the company finances its assets with debt, signaling financial risk. If ratio is negative, the company spent its own equity and risks bankruptcy

Universal Corporation's debt has decreased relative to shareholder equity from 0.76 last year to 0.66 today, signaling strengthened financials

Universal Corporation has a net debt to EBITDA ratio of 3.81x, which exceeds the 3.00x threshold, indicating high leverage and potential financial risk

Universal Corporation's interest coverage ratio of 2.68 indicates that earnings with margin can cover interest payments on company debt

Universal Corporation's profit margin has decreased (-65.39%) in the last year from 3.22% to 1.12%, signaling decreasing performance

Universal Corporation's short-term assets of $1.97G exceed its short-term liabilities of $564.24M

Universal Corporation's return on assets of 1.18% is lower than the 5.00% threshold, indicating inefficient asset utilization

Universal Corporation's return on equity of 2.24%, is lower than 15.00%, indicating bad performance

Universal Corporation's operating cash flow exceeds its net income, indicating high-quality earnings backed by actual cash generation

Universal Corporation had positive net income in 5.00 out of 5 years, indicating stable and consistent earnings

Universal Corporation has positive free cash flow, indicating the company generates cash after capital expenditures

Universal Corporation has a free cash flow yield of 5.99%, which is above the 2.00% threshold, indicating strong cash generation relative to market value

Universal Corporation's yearly earnings has decreased -65.66% since last year from $95.05M to $32.64M, signaling decreasing performance

Universal Corporation's yearly revenue has decreased -100.00% since last year from $2.95G to $0.00, signaling decreasing performance

ROIC 4.55% (Source: FMP key-metrics). Below the 5% partial-credit threshold. Score: 0 of 2. The 5% and 10% cutoffs anchor to typical US weighted-average cost of capital. Below 5% indicates the company is not generating returns above its likely cost of capital under this definition of invested capital. Invested capital here includes equity, non-current liabilities (pension obligations, deferred taxes, lease obligations), and short-term debt. Cash is not subtracted. Companies with substantial float, lease portfolios, or cash holdings will score lower under this definition than under narrower operating-capital definitions. See methodology.

Universal Corporation's 3-year revenue CAGR of 4.40% is positive, indicating growing revenue over the past 3 years

Universal Corporation had revenue growth in 4.00 out of 5 years, indicating consistent revenue performance

Universal Corporation had positive ROE in 5.00 out of 5 years, indicating consistent and reliable returns on equity

Universal Corporation has insufficient data to evaluate this check.

Universal Corporation has an earnings yield of 2.42%, which is below the 4.00% threshold, indicating the stock may be expensive relative to its earnings

Universal Corporation is overvalued relative to its fair value price of 50.69 based on EBITDA multiple model

Universal Corporation has an EV/EBITDA ratio of 9.48x, which is below the 20.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its operating earnings

Universal Corporation is undervalued relative to its fair value price of 158.72 based on Earnings Fair Value model

Universal Corporation has negative trailing-twelve-month earnings; this ratio is not meaningful and the check fails

Universal Corporation has a price-to-book ratio of 0.95x, which is below the 5.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its book value

Universal Corporation has a price-to-sales ratio of 0.46x, which is below the 8.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its revenue