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Universal Corp (UVV)

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The Company is a leaf tobacco merchant and processor, based on volumes handled by its subsidiaries and affiliates and has operations in agri-products.

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Small Cap (1645), Consumer Staples (230), Tobacco (10), Income (1401), Value (1901), Defensive (1457)
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Universal Corp At A Glance

Current Price: $49.60
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:00 PM
Open: $49.22
Previous Close: $48.88
Daily Range: $48.37 - $49.73
52-Week Range: $25.35 - $50.03
Volume: 223,214
Market Cap: $1.22B
P/E Ratio: 8.47
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Universal Corp (UVV)

Avatar AnomaLee2k9 (73.83) Submitted: 7/08/09 7:28 PM

Discover Price: $34.87
Duration: Short-term pick
Less than two weeks

Reasoning:
Consumer/Non-Cyclical
Relative out-performance.
Intermediate-term Uptrend
Recent short-term Uptrend

Disclosure: No position

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 (UVV)

Avatar edwjm (99.43) Submitted: 2/01/10 11:44 AM : Outperform Start Price: $46.51 UVV Score: 7.91

Universal Corp (UVV) is a leaf tobacco merchant and processor. At the current price of $46.31, the p/e is under 8 and the dividend is over 4%.
Sin will never go out of style.
Much of this company's revenue comes from other countries, where smoking is increasing, although it is declining in the US.

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Avatar spreadsheetV1 (94.05) Submitted: 11/23/09 1:27 AM : Outperform Start Price: $45.40 UVV Score: 12.42

This met a high level screen to indicate a buy and strong outperform against its peers (other tickers in its industry). My 1st version of this spreadsheet devles deep into the company's balnace sheet and recent income statements, combined with other relevant price data for the company including insider/institutional holdings, short interest, debt levels, etc.
Testing capabilities of this 1st version of my automated, valuation spreadhseet matched with my personal criteria and see how it holds up.

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Avatar AnomaLee2k9 (73.83) Submitted: 7/08/09 7:28 PM : Outperform Start Price: $34.04 UVV Score: 24.09

Discover Price: $34.87
Duration: Short-term pick
Less than two weeks

Reasoning:
Consumer/Non-Cyclical
Relative out-performance.
Intermediate-term Uptrend
Recent short-term Uptrend

Disclosure: No position

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Avatar zwalt99 (93.49) Submitted: 7/06/09 8:06 PM : Outperform Start Price: $32.97 UVV Score: 29.32

Low leverage and great fundamentals -- both when comparing the share price with the income statement and balance sheet. Also, the company generates plenty of cash from operations to sustain the nice dividend.

The FDA can go ahead and regulate tobacco. A) Many people will choose to smoke regardless of any warning labels and B) much of the company's income comes from outside the U.S.

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Avatar Staka (98.79) Submitted: 7/04/09 6:31 AM : Outperform Start Price: $32.46 UVV Score: 31.65

Good value, close to book, 5% dividend, defensive sector. A bet for a continuation of the recession.

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