Altria (MO) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What MO does

Altria (MO) is a US stock in the Consumer Defensive sector, Tobacco industry, headquartered in Richmond, United States. Through its subsidiaries, it manufactures and sells smokeable and oral tobacco products in the United States, including cigarettes under the Marlboro brand, cigars and pipe tobacco under Black & Mild, moist smokeless tobacco under Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, and Husky, oral nicotine pouches under the on! brand, and e-vapor products under the NJOY ACE brand. It sells these products to distributors and large retail organisations such as chain stores.

Key numbers explained

• 68,95 USD is the current share price, the amount you would pay for one share right now.
• +0,45% is today's price change, showing the percentage move relative to the previous close.
• 115,13 mld. USD is the market capitalisation, the total value of all outstanding shares.
• The trailing P/E ratio of 14,5 compares the current price to the last 12 months of earnings per share; a lower number can suggest a cheaper valuation relative to earnings.
• The forward P/E ratio of 11,8 uses expected future earnings, giving a sense of how the market prices in growth.
• 4,75 USD is the trailing 12-month earnings per share, showing how much profit the company allocates to each share.
• The dividend yield of 6,47% indicates the annual dividend as a percentage of the current share price, a common way to compare income across stocks.
• 0,49 is the beta, a measure of volatility relative to the market; a value below 1 suggests lower sensitivity to market swings.

Recent news

• A WSJ headline reports the Trump administration plans to speed approvals of vapes and nicotine pouches.
• Other articles highlight high-yield dividends that may seem too attractive, general sin-stock investing opportunities, and whether Altria's on! brand can grow with the expanding nicotine pouch category.
• Additional pieces discuss cash-producing stocks worth investigating and the passive dividend income an investment of 150 USD per month in Altria Group stock could generate over 10 years.

What to watch

Altria is part of the S&P 500 and sits in the Consumer Defensive sector alongside peers such as PepsiCo (PEP), Dollar General (DG), Constellation Brands (STZ), Target Corporation (TGT), McCormick & Company (MKC), Mondelez International (MDLZ), and Coca-Cola Company (The) (KO). Investors typically monitor regulatory and legislative developments around tobacco and nicotine products, shifts in consumer habits, and the company's ability to sustain its 6,47% dividend yield given that 89% of earnings are paid out as dividends. The next earnings release is scheduled for 29 oct. 2026, and the ex-dividend date is 15 sept. 2026.