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Altria Group, Inc.

Consumer Defensive · Tobacco · United States

$68.56
+3.73% today
Mkt Cap
$114.47B
P/E
14.43×
Fwd P/E
11.69×
Div Yield
6.18%
Beta
0.495×
52W Range
62.0%
Company profileSource: provider

Altria Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells smokeable and oral tobacco products in the United States. It offers cigarettes primarily under the Marlboro brand; large cigars and pipe tobacco under the Black & Mild brand; moist smokeless tobacco and oral tobacco products under the Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, and Husky brands; oral nicotine pouches under the on! brand; and e-vapor products under the NJOY ACE brand. The company sells its products to distributors, as well as large retail organizations, such as chain stores. Altria Group, Inc. was founded in 1822 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

www.altria.com
By the numbersComputed from live metrics

Shares trade at a moderate 15.2× trailing earnings, easing to 12.4× on forward estimates. Profitability shows a net margin of 39.5%. Leverage is modest at 1.3× net debt/EBITDA. Revenue grew 5.3% year-on-year. It yields 5.8% in dividends. The mean analyst target of USD70.36 sits 3.2% below the current price (Hold, 11 analysts).

AI analysisAI-generated · 04 Jul 2026 · claude-opus (research)

business model

Altria is a US-focused tobacco company that manufactures and sells cigarettes, primarily under the Marlboro brand, along with smokeless tobacco, oral nicotine pouches, and cigars. It is investing in reduced-risk and smoke-free products as cigarette volumes decline, and monetizes strong pricing power on a shrinking volume base.

revenue segments

Revenue comes mainly from smokeable products (cigarettes under Marlboro and cigars), plus oral tobacco products (smokeless tobacco such as Copenhagen and Skoal, and the on! nicotine pouch brand). The company generates nearly all sales within the United States.

key dependencies

Depends heavily on Marlboro's pricing power to offset secular declines in US cigarette volumes, regulatory decisions by the FDA on nicotine and product authorizations, excise taxes, and the successful transition to smoke-free and reduced-risk products.

competitors

Competes with Philip Morris International (in smoke-free products), British American Tobacco (Reynolds American), Japan Tobacco, and various smaller players, plus illicit and disposable vape products in the nicotine market.

moat

Holds dominant US market share with Marlboro, a highly addictive product base supporting inelastic demand and consistent pricing power, established distribution, and significant brand strength, all of which produce strong cash flows.

risks

Faces long-term secular decline in cigarette consumption, heavy regulation and potential menthol or nicotine-level restrictions, litigation, high excise taxes, and challenges scaling profitable smoke-free alternatives. Prior investment write-downs (e.g., in vaping) illustrate transition risk.

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Financials & metrics

as of 26 Aug 2026
52-week rangeMid-range · 62%
Low $54.70Now $68.56High $77.06

Price is around the middle of its range. Green = nearer the yearly low, red = nearer the high — a position indicator, not a buy/sell signal.

Valuation
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Growth
Financial Health
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Cash Flow
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Profit & loss · annual (USD)latest net margin 34.5%
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Full financial statements

Income statement

Line item20252024202320222021
Total revenue$20.14B$20.44B$20.50B$20.69B
Cost of revenue$5.60B$6.08B$6.22B$6.44B
Gross profit$14.54B$14.37B$14.28B$14.25B
Operating expense$2.51B$2.74B$2.74B$2.33B
Operating income$12.04B$11.63B$11.55B$11.92B
Interest expense$1.18B$1.12B$1.15B$1.13B
Pretax income$9.39B$13.66B$10.93B$7.39B
Tax provision$2.44B$2.39B$2.80B$1.63B
Net income$6.95B$11.26B$8.13B$5.76B
EBITDA$10.83B$15.07B$12.35B$8.74B
Diluted EPS$4.12$6.54$4.57$3.19

Balance sheet

Line item20252024202320222021
Total assets$35.02B$35.18B$38.57B$36.95B
Current assets$5.93B$4.51B$5.58B$7.22B
Cash & equivalents$4.47B$3.13B$3.69B$4.03B
Inventory$1.07B$1.08B$1.22B$1.18B
Total liabilities$38.47B$37.37B$42.06B$40.88B
Current liabilities$9.15B$8.78B$11.32B$8.62B
Total debt$25.71B$24.93B$26.23B$26.68B
Long-term debt$24.14B$23.40B$25.11B$25.12B
Shareholders' equity-$3.50B-$2.24B-$3.54B-$3.97B
Retained earnings$35.45B$35.52B$31.09B$29.79B
Working capital-$3.22B-$4.27B-$5.73B-$1.40B

Cash flow

Line item20252024202320222021
Operating cash flow$9.29B$8.75B$9.29B$8.26B
Investing cash flow-$341.00M$2.17B-$1.28B$782.00M
Financing cash flow-$7.62B-$11.49B-$8.37B-$9.54B
Capital expenditure-$216.00M-$142.00M-$196.00M-$205.00M
Free cash flow$9.07B$8.61B$9.09B$8.05B
Dividends paid-$6.96B-$6.84B-$6.78B-$6.60B
Share buybacks-$1.00B-$3.40B-$1.00B-$1.82B
End cash position$4.49B$3.16B$3.72B$4.09B

Reported figures from public filings via Yahoo Finance. Line coverage varies by company. Not investment advice.

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
6.18%
Annual Rate
$4.24
Payout Ratio
89.3%
Frequency
Quarterly
Latest ex-date
15 Jun 2026
Pay date
10 Jul 2026
Most recent
$1.06
Dividend history · per payment (USD)
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Analyst assessment

as of 26 Aug 2026
Hold11 analysts
Implied to mean target
+2.1%
Low $58.00High $82.00
Now
$68.56
Low
$58.00
Mean
$70.00
High
$82.00
Rating distribution
Strong Buy 0
Buy 4
Hold 8
Sell 1
Strong Sell 1

Aggregate consensus only. Named per-analyst targets require a premium source and are not shown; the data model is ready to hold them if one is added.

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Technicals

as of 26 Aug 2026
CloseSMA 50SMA 200Golden cross
SMA 50
$70.21
SMA 200
$66.04
RSI (14)
52.2
MACD
-0.89
RSI (14) · overbought > 70 · oversold < 30
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WMTWalmart Inc.$104.95$835.20B38.0+48%
COSTCostco Wholesale Corporation$967.46$429.05B48.6+36%
KOThe Coca-Cola Company$92.00$395.84B27.6+13%
PGThe Procter & Gamble Company$145.98$339.32B22.0+27%
PMPhilip Morris International Inc.$192.86$300.59B26.5+17%
PEPPepsiCo, Inc.$145.07$198.16B19.0+26%
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