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Universal Corp

Universal Corp mainly operates in the diversified industrials sector. The past 10 years the (international) industry gained at around 53 percent. Measured since 2011 the sector is 240 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-2016) there is a plus of 53 percent.

The past year was a profitable year for the Universal Corp investors

Over the last 12 months, that were profitable period for the investors in Universal Corp, the stock gained around 15 percent. The period between August 2011 and August 2016 was a profitable period for the investors. The stock rose on average 41 percent. Universal Corp's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were quite similar and moved between 2,45 billion dollars and 2,27 billion dollars. During 2011 and 2015 Universal Corp's net results were very volatile and fluctuated between 164,55 million dollars and 120,46 million dollars.

Universal Corp paid out dividends in the past 5 years. Over the past 5 years Universal Corp's dividend yield was at around 9,9 percent per year.

Universal Corp financed with relatively low debt

Last year the balance sheet of the American company was worth 2,2 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the total debt positon equaled 835,74 million dollars. This is around 38,01 percent of the total balance sheet. Last year the diversified company's price/earnings-ratio (PE) was around 10. So the investors valued the stock at 10 times 2015' earnings per share. Many analysts say that based on her price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the diversified company's market capitalization (the number of shares times the market price) equaled around 1,27 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 23,04 million stocks listed.

All Universal Corp's annual reports can be found here. More information about Universal Corp can be found it's website. .