Consumer Defensive
Altria Group, Inc.(MO)
Live Price
Offline$73.79
+0.79% today
1Y Change
+22.14%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
- Market Cap
- $124.64B
- Revenue Growth
- -1.5%
- EPS Growth
- -37.2%
- Dividend Yield
- 5.6%
Coverage: 246 bars ยท Jun 30, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Altria Group, Inc. (MO) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $124.64B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $73.79 and up 22.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -1.5%, EPS growth of -37.2%, a dividend yield of 5.6%. What stands out right now is revenue -1.5%, EPS -37.2%, free cash flow +5.4% with operating margin 50.7% and ROIC 33.5%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 5.6%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 15.5 and price/sales 5.7. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines MO price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-1.5% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+50.7% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Near sector median
15.5 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 30, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -1.5% and EPS is at -37.2%, with operating margin around 50.7%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 5.6%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +1.6% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 30, 2026 | โ | +2.6% | -5.0% | -4.2% |
2026 Jan 29, 2026 | -1.5% | +3.7% | +9.4% | +15.5% |
2025 Oct 30, 2025 | +0.7% | -1.3% | +0.2% | +3.3% |
Benchmark Edge
MO vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
Mixed setup vs SPY
MO is 3.41 pts ahead over the shared 1Y window.
MO had 10.02 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
MO beat SPY in 1 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 1.
MO
+22.14%
Normalized return
SPY
+18.73%
S&P 500
Excess Return
+3.41 pts
Relative to SPY
MO Max Drawdown
-19.15%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for MO and SPY.
| Year | MO | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +24.95% | +6.71% | +18.25 pts | MO |
| 2025 | -1.47% | +11.19% | -12.66 pts | SPY |
Company Overview
Altria Group, Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
Altria Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells smokeable and oral tobacco products in the United States. The company provides cigarettes primarily under the Marlboro brand; cigars and pipe tobacco principally under the Black & Mild brand; and moist smokeless tobacco products under the Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, and Husky brands, as well as provides on! oral nicotine pouches. It sells its tobacco products primarily to wholesalers, including distributors; and large retail organizations, such as chain stores. Altria Group, Inc. was founded in 1822 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
- Leadership
- William F. Gifford Jr.
- IPO Date
- Jul 1, 1985
- Employees
- 5.9k
- Street Address
- 6601 West Broad Street
- Mailing
- Richmond, VA, 23230
- Region
- Richmond, VA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 804 274 2200
- Last Updated
- May 2, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 15.5
- EV/EBITDA
- 12.5
- Price/Sales
- 5.7
- Price/Book
- โ
Growth
- Revenue
- -1.5%
- EPS
- -37.2%
- Free Cash Flow
- +5.4%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 67.8%
- Operating Margin
- 50.7%
- Net Margin
- 36.9%
- ROE
- -255.3%
- ROIC
- 33.5%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- โ
- Current Ratio
- 0.56
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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