UNIVERSAL CORP /VA/UVV
UNIVERSAL CORP /VA/ Segments Disclosure
OPERATING SEGMENTS
Management regularly evaluates the Company’s global business activities, including product and service offerings to its customers, as well as senior management’s operational and financial responsibilities. Assessments include an analysis of how its Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) measures business performance and allocates resources. As a result of this analysis, senior management has determined the Company conducts operations across two reportable operating segments, Tobacco Operations and Ingredients Operations.
The Tobacco Operations segment activities involve contracting, procuring, processing, packing, storing, and shipping leaf tobacco for sale to, or for the account of, manufacturers of consumer tobacco products throughout the world. Through various operating subsidiaries located in tobacco-growing countries around the world and significant ownership interests in unconsolidated affiliates, the Company processes and/or sells flue-cured and burley tobaccos, dark air-cured tobaccos, and oriental tobaccos. Flue-cured, burley, and oriental tobaccos are used principally in the manufacture of cigarettes, and dark air-cured tobaccos are used mainly in the manufacture of cigars, pipe tobacco, and smokeless tobacco products. Some of these tobacco types are also used in the manufacture of next generation tobacco products that are intended to provide consumers with an alternative to traditional combustible products. The Tobacco Operations segment also provides physical and chemical product testing for tobacco customers. A substantial portion of the Company’s Tobacco Operations’ revenues are derived from sales to a limited number of large, multinational cigarette and cigar manufacturers.
The Ingredients Operations segment provides its customers with a broad variety of plant-based ingredients for both human and pet consumption. The Ingredients Operations segment utilizes a variety of value-added manufacturing processes converting raw materials into a wide spectrum of fruit and vegetable juices, concentrates, dehydrated products, botanical extracts, flavorings, and colorings. Customers for the Ingredients Operations segment include large multinational food and beverage companies, smaller independent manufacturers, and retail organizations. FruitSmart, Silva, and Universal Ingredients–Shank’s are the primary operations for the Ingredients Operations segment. FruitSmart supplies a broad set of juices, concentrates, pomaces, purees, fruit fibers, seeds, seed powders, and other value-added products to food, beverage, and flavor companies throughout the United States and internationally. Silva procures dehydrated vegetables, fruits, and herbs from around the world and specializes in processing natural materials into custom designed dehydrated vegetable and fruit-based ingredients for a variety of end products. Universal Ingredients–Shank’s offers a diversified portfolio of botanical extracts, distillates, natural flavors, and color for industrial and private label customers worldwide, and is known for their significant vanilla expertise. Universal Ingredients–Shank’s is also equipped to offer customers custom bottling and packaging for their products.
Universal incurs corporate overhead expenses related to senior management, sales, finance, legal, and other functions that are centralized at its corporate headquarters, as well as functions performed at several sales and administrative offices around the world. These overhead expenses are currently allocated to the reportable operating segments, generally on the basis of projected annual financial and operational performance, including volumes planned to be purchased and/or processed. Management believes this method of allocation is currently representative of the value of the related services provided to the operating segments. The CODM, which has been identified as a group comprised of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer, currently evaluates the performance of the operating segments based on operating income after allocated overhead expenses, plus equity in the pretax earnings of unconsolidated affiliates (“Segment Operating Income”). The CODM also uses Segment Operating Income for planning, forecasting, and allocating capital and other resources to the operating segments.
Reportable segment data as of, or for, the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024, is as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2026 | Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2025 | Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tobacco Operations | Ingredients Operations | Consolidated | Tobacco Operations | Ingredients Operations | Consolidated | Tobacco Operations | Ingredients Operations | Consolidated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales and other operating revenues | $ | 2,576,358 | $ | 348,112 | $ | 2,924,470 | $ | 2,608,675 | $ | 338,609 | $ | 2,947,284 | $ | 2,438,775 | $ | 309,798 | $ | 2,748,573 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of goods sold | (2,124,845) | (287,609) | (2,412,454) | (2,133,063) | (265,564) | (2,398,627) | (1,975,955) | (236,520) | (2,212,475) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | (181,476) | (45,559) | (227,035) | (179,340) | (48,610) | (227,950) | (179,569) | (56,624) | (236,193) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate overhead allocated to the segments | (61,928) | (11,708) | (73,636) | (65,195) | (12,142) | (77,337) | (61,655) | (12,718) | (74,373) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity in pretax earnings (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates (1) | 3,430 | — | 3,430 | 9,103 | — | 9,103 | 756 | — | 756 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Segment operating income | 211,539 | 3,236 | 214,775 | 240,180 | 12,293 | 252,473 | 222,352 | 3,936 | 226,288 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deduct: Equity in pretax (earnings) loss of unconsolidated affiliates (1) | (3,430) | (9,103) | (756) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Restructuring and impairment costs (2) | (1,833) | (10,573) | (3,523) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment (3) | (41,061) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consolidated operating income | $ | 168,451 | $ | 232,797 | $ | 222,009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1)Equity in pretax earnings of unconsolidated affiliates is included in reportable segment operating income, but is reported below consolidated operating income and excluded from that total in the consolidated statements of income.
(2)Restructuring and impairment costs are excluded from reportable segment operating income, but are included in consolidated operating income in the consolidated statements of income (see Note 3).
(3)Goodwill impairment is excluded from reportable segment operating income, but is included in consolidated operating income in the consolidated statements of income (see Note 1).
| Segment Assets | Accounts Receivable, net | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 31, | March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tobacco Operations | $ | 2,300,491 | $ | 2,436,416 | $ | 2,451,895 | $ | 508,247 | $ | 566,755 | $ | 472,357 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ingredients Operations | 466,276 | 553,136 | 485,344 | 55,617 | 59,121 | 52,905 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consolidated total | $ | 2,766,767 | $ | 2,989,552 | $ | 2,937,239 | $ | 563,864 | $ | 625,876 | $ | 525,262 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goodwill, net | Intangibles, net | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 31, | Fiscal Year Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tobacco Operations | $ | 97,688 | $ | 97,772 | $ | 97,801 | $ | 47 | $ | 47 | $ | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ingredients Operations | 75,007 | 116,068 | 116,068 | 48,557 | 57,789 | 68,821 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consolidated total | $ | 172,695 | $ | 213,840 | $ | 213,869 | $ | 48,604 | $ | 57,836 | $ | 68,883 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital Expenditures | Depreciation and Amortization | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fiscal Year Ended March 31, | Fiscal Year Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tobacco Operations | $ | 34,332 | $ | 35,387 | $ | 35,173 | $ | 32,822 | $ | 39,494 | $ | 40,267 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ingredients Operations | 14,497 | 27,214 | 30,840 | 20,615 | 20,279 | 18,059 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consolidated total | $ | 48,829 | $ | 62,601 | $ | 66,013 | $ | 53,437 | $ | 59,773 | $ | 58,326 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Geographic data as of, or for, the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024, is presented below. Sales and other operating revenues are attributed to individual countries based on the final destination of the shipment. Long-lived assets generally consist of net property, plant, and equipment, goodwill, and other intangibles.
| Geographic Data | Sales and Other Operating Revenues | ||||||||||||||||
| Fiscal Year Ended March 31, | |||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| United States | $ | 659,364 | $ | 622,325 | $ | 547,923 | |||||||||||
| Belgium | 559,625 | 532,479 | 552,208 | ||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | 193,543 | 105,934 | 117,019 | ||||||||||||||
| Poland | 170,885 | 99,845 | 97,723 | ||||||||||||||
| China | 169,291 | 293,619 | 219,979 | ||||||||||||||
| Philippines | 151,515 | 120,648 | 133,656 | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | 65,817 | 115,938 | 95,350 | ||||||||||||||
| Italy | 51,904 | 46,417 | 47,197 | ||||||||||||||
| France | 41,369 | 22,323 | 16,669 | ||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 29,107 | 37,501 | 42,492 | ||||||||||||||
| Mexico | 22,830 | 29,073 | 26,438 | ||||||||||||||
| All other countries | 809,220 | 921,182 | 851,919 | ||||||||||||||
| Consolidated total | $ | 2,924,470 | $ | 2,947,284 | $ | 2,748,573 | |||||||||||
| Long-Lived Assets (net) | |||||||||||||||||
| March 31, | |||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| United States | $ | 314,160 | $ | 362,701 | $ | 355,905 | |||||||||||
| Brazil | 139,285 | 139,497 | 139,642 | ||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | 40,748 | 39,415 | 35,845 | ||||||||||||||
| All other countries | 100,060 | 103,037 | 117,240 | ||||||||||||||
| Consolidated total | $ | 594,253 | $ | 644,650 | $ | 648,632 | |||||||||||
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jun 1, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2025 | May 30, 2025 | |
| 2024 | May 29, 2024 | |
| 2023 | May 25, 2023 | |
| 2022 | May 27, 2022 | |
| 2021 | May 28, 2021 | |
| 2020 | May 28, 2020 | |
| 2019 | May 24, 2019 | |
| 2018 | May 25, 2018 | |
| 2017 | May 26, 2017 | |
| 2016 | May 27, 2016 | |
About Segments Disclosures
Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.
Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.