Universal Q3 Adj. EPS $1.35 Misses $1.92 Estimate, Sales $861.288M Miss $927.200M Estimate

Universal (NYSE:UVV) reported quarterly earnings of $1.35 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $1.92 by 29.69 percent. This is a 40.53 percent decrease over earnings of $2.27 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $861.288 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $927.200 million by 7.11 percent. This is a 8.10 percent decrease over sales of $937.200 million the same period last year.