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Universal Corp UVV

US equityMarket cap rank #3198Tobacco

$42.83 +$0.13 (+0.30%)

Pre-market · Oct 8, 7:00 am ET · After hours $42.90 +0.16%

Open$42.70

Prev close$42.70

Day range$42.38 – $42.92

Volume381.7K

Market cap$1.07B

P/E (TTM)56.4

Dividend yield7.66%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership81.6%+0.31 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding273+1 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)26 buys / 24 sellsNet buying

Short interest8.23% of floatDays to cover 6.9 · as of 15 Sep 2026

Short-sale volume share21.7%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$1.40M (8 inflow days, 12 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 41.0% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

BlackRock15.65%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC7.27%
Dimensional Fund Advisors7.09%
State Street Global Advisors5.82%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC5.14%
Invesco Capital Management LLC2.92%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.60%
Charles Schwab Investment Management1.71%

By investor type

Mutual Fund68.81%
Hedge Fund6.21%
Public Company3.52%
Individual/Insider1.62%
Private Company1.35%
Government Pension Fund0.92%
Corporate Pension Plan0.43%
Insurance Company0.29%

Reported short interest has risen from 6.68% to 8.23% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

Holder	Type	Period	Share change	New stake
Nuveen Asset Management LLC	Insurance Company	2026/Q3	+55,549	0.2%
Millennium Management LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+242,716	1.1%
UBS Asset Management	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+159,565	1.2%
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+146,479	1.3%
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+88,694	0.5%
BlackRock	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+87,864	15.6%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+68,498	7.3%
Hudson River Trading LLC	Private Company	2026/Q3	+57,790	0.2%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+53,494	5.1%
State Street Global Advisors	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+50,989	5.8%
Trexquant Investment LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+48,101	0.2%
Geode Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+44,460	2.6%
Numerai GP LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+43,847	0.2%
First Trust Advisors L.P.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+37,529	1.6%
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+37,212	0.1%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
30 Sep 2026	Preston Wigner	Vice President	Sale to Issuer	-6,469	$41.68	64,289
9 Aug 2026	Lennart Freeman	Independent Director	Open Market Disposition	-1,782	$49.82	14,285
3 Aug 2026	Gregory Trojan	Director	Other Acquisition	+4,580	–	4,580
3 Aug 2026	Robert Sledd	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,650	–	2,650
3 Aug 2026	Lennart Freeman	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,650	–	2,650
3 Aug 2026	Thomas Tullidge	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,650	–	2,650
3 Aug 2026	Diana Cantor	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,650	–	2,650
3 Aug 2026	Jacqueline Williams	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,650	–	2,650
3 Aug 2026	Fotini Manolios	Director	Other Acquisition	+2,650	–	2,650
3 Aug 2026	Arthur Schick	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,650	–	2,650
2 Jun 2026	Robert Sledd	Independent Director	Open Market Disposition	-2,845	$54.13	9,669
1 Jun 2026	Preston Wigner	Vice President	Sale to Issuer	-2,001	$54.38	56,415
1 Jun 2026	Preston Wigner	Vice President	Other Acquisition	+4,436	–	56,415
1 Jun 2026	Preston Wigner	Vice President	Other Acquisition	+20,890	–	70,838
1 Jun 2026	Airton Hentschke	COO & Senior VP	Sale to Issuer	-4,276	$54.38	96,804
1 Jun 2026	Airton Hentschke	COO & Senior VP	Other Acquisition	+9,481	–	96,804
1 Jun 2026	Airton Hentschke	COO & Senior VP	Other Acquisition	+10,765	–	47,359
1 Jun 2026	Catherine Claiborne	VP & Assistant Secretary	Sale to Issuer	-1,041	$54.38	21,962
1 Jun 2026	Catherine Claiborne	VP & Assistant Secretary	Other Acquisition	+2,413	–	21,962
1 Jun 2026	Catherine Claiborne	VP & Assistant Secretary	Other Acquisition	+7,980	–	15,631

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report date	Shares short	% of float	Days to cover
15 Sep 2026	2,048,191	8.2%	6.9
31 Aug 2026	2,044,457	8.2%	7.2
14 Aug 2026	2,024,274	8.1%	4.8
31 Jul 2026	1,709,494	6.9%	7.4
15 Jul 2026	1,675,507	6.7%	7.9
30 Jun 2026	1,665,531	6.7%	5.0

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