Universal Corp’s recent filing unveils that its Senior VP & COO Hentschke Airton L unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.55 million on Aug 26 ’25. In the deal valued at $54.94 per share,10,000 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Hentschke Airton L now holds 135,129 shares worth roughly $7.47 million.
Then, Hentschke Airton L bought 10,000 shares, generating $554,458 in total proceeds.
Before that, SLEDD ROBERT C sold 4,617 shares. Universal Corp shares valued at $245,855 were divested by the Director at a price of $53.25 per share. As a result of the transaction, SLEDD ROBERT C now holds 15,698 shares, worth roughly $0.87 million.
Davenport downgraded its Universal Corp [UVV] rating to a Neutral from a a Buy in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Davenport’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in late July from “a Neutral” to “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of UVV
On Friday, Universal Corp [NYSE:UVV] saw its stock fall -1.74% to $55.26. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -0.34%. Universal Corp shares have risen nearly 6.93% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 0.77% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Universal Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Universal Corp stocks on 2025-08-29, growing by 0.26 million shares to a total of 0.71 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-07-31 was 0.45 million shares. There was a rise of 36.83%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
