Universal Corporation - SWOT Analysis

Datamonitor's Universal Corporation - SWOT Analysis company profile is the essential source for top-level company data and information. The report examines the company's key business structure and operations, history and products, and provides summary analysis of its key revenue lines and strategy.

Universal Corporation (Universal) is one of the world's leading leaf tobacco merchants and processors. It is also operational in agro-products and distribution of lumber and building products, primarily in the Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg) region. The company selects, buys, ships, processes, packages, stores and finances leaf tobacco in the US, the Dominican Republic, Indonesia and northern Brazil. It is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia and employed about 25,000 people as on March 31st, 2007. Universal recorded revenues of $2,007.3 million during the fiscal year ended March 2007, an increase of 12.7% over 2006. The operating profit of the company was $163.6 million in fiscal 2007 as compared to $59.3 million in the fiscal 2006. The net profit was $44.4 million during fiscal year 2007, compared to $7.9 million in the fiscal 2006.

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