Universal Corporation (UVV)

NYQ – Real Time Price. Currency in USD

53.71

+0.11 (0.21%)

At close: May 12, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT

54.79

+1.08 (2.01%)

After-hours: May 12, 2026, 6:40 PM EDT

About the company

Universal Corporation, a business-to-business agriproducts company, provides leaf tobacco and plant-based ingredients to food and beverage end markets worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Tobacco Operations and Ingredients Operations. The Tobacco Operations segment is involved in procuring, processing, packing, storing, and shipping of flue-cured, burley, dark air-cured, and oriental leaf tobacco for consumer product manufacturers, as well as provision of related services. This segment also offers specialty services, such as custom blending, chemical and physical testing of tobacco, service cutting, reconstituted leaf tobacco manufacturing, and just-in-time product delivery services; and liquid nicotine for tobacco products manufacturers, as well as recycled waste materials from tobacco production. The Ingredients Operations segment engages in the production of specialty plant-based ingredients, including fruits, vegetables, herbs, fruit and vegetable juices, concentrates, pomaces, ciders, purees, nutraceuticals, fruit fibers, seeds, seed powders, dehydrated products, botanical extracts, distillates, natural flavors, colors, and other value-added products for consumer-packaged goods manufacturers and retailers, as well as food, beverage, and flavor companies. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

Key Executives

Name	Position
Harvard B. Smith	VP & Chief Compliance Officer
Joseph W. Hearington Jr.	Vice President of Internal Auditing
Mr. Airton L. Hentschke	COO & Senior VP
Mr. John Patrick O'Keefe	Vice President of Ingredients
Mr. McKeen Starke	Senior VP & Sales Director
Mr. Preston Douglas Wigner	President, CEO & Chairman