MO

Altria Group, Inc.

NYQ · Consumer Defensive

$68.88

-$0.07 (-0.10%)down -0.10%

24 September 2026 · delayed 15+ min

D

Quality score66.4 / 100

Cut-offs are the grader's own: 97+ for an A+, below 60 is an F.

Altria Group, Inc. earns a D on excellent profit margins (>20%) and positive free cash flow but current ratio below 1.0 (liquidity concerns) and negative earnings growth. Reasonable investment with moderate upside potential.

Model stance HOLD Suggested position 6.0% · $600.00 IQInvest estimate
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IQ-MO-20260924engine v1 · 7-category weighted scorecard

What it is worth, depending who you ask.

Today’s price against the year it has had and the targets analysts publish. Every marker is a reported figure, not a projection of ours.

52-week low

$54.70

Lowest analyst target

$58.00

Today's price

$68.88

Mean analyst target

$70.00

52-week high

$77.06

Highest analyst target

$82.00

MO trades 63% of the way up its 52-week range, between $54.70 and $77.06. The mean analyst target of $70.00 is 1.6% above today's price.

Today’s price 52-week range Analyst price targets

Scored categories

Financial healthExcellent profit margins (>20%); Positive free cash flow; Current ratio below 1.0 (liquidity concerns); Negative earnings growth 60.023%

Profit margin

39.00%

Net profit per unit of revenue

exceptionalWhat this means

Of every 100 units of revenue, this much survives as profit.

Margins this wide usually mean real pricing power or a moat.

Operating margin

76.36%

Before interest and tax

very highWhat this means

Profit from operations, before interest and tax, per 100 of revenue.

Typical of software and other businesses with little cost per extra sale.

Gross margin

87.01%

After the cost of goods only

highWhat this means

What is left of revenue after only the direct cost of the product.

Little marginal cost per sale, which is what lets software and pharma fund heavy R&D.

Return on assets

29.54%

Profit per unit of assets

very strongWhat this means

Profit generated per unit of everything the company owns.

Usually an asset-light business — the value is in people and brands, not property.

Current ratio

0.52

Short-term assets over short-term debts

tightWhat this means

Short-term assets against short-term obligations.

Below 1 the company owes more within a year than it holds — workable if customers pay up front, risky otherwise.

Quick ratio

0.34

As above, excluding inventory

tightWhat this means

Short-term assets excluding inventory, against short-term debts.

Very little liquid cover if receipts slow down.

Revenue growth

1.20%

Year on year

flatWhat this means

Change in revenue against the same period last year.

Growing slower than a typical economy — the business is mature or under pressure.

Earnings growth

-2.70%

Year on year

fallingWhat this means

Change in earnings against the same period last year.

Profit is declining even if revenue is not.

Revenue

$11.54B

Trailing twelve months

Free cash flow

$9.03B

Cash left after capital spending

Operating cash flow

$9.41B

Cash from the business itself

Payout ratio

89.26%

Dividends as a share of earnings

above earningsWhat this means

The share of earnings paid out as dividends.

The dividend exceeds profit, so it is being funded from cash or debt — rarely sustainable.

Growth & momentum11 measured figures 70.022%

Return, 1 month

2.81%

Return, 3 months

-4.41%

Return, 6 months

11.36%

Return, year to date

26.01%

Return, 1 year

13.36%

Return, 3 years

99.78%

Sharpe ratio

0.70

Return earned per unit of risk

modestWhat this means

Return earned per unit of risk taken.

Below 1 is the common case; return did not strongly outpace the volatility.

Win rate

54.63%

Share of days that closed up

consistently positiveWhat this means

The share of trading days that closed higher.

More up days than most shares manage.

Average daily return

0.07%

Best day

7.84%

Worst day

-9.32%

ValuationAttractive P/E ratio (14.5); High PEG ratio (2.63) 60.018%

P/E ratio

14.50

Price against trailing earnings

moderateWhat this means

You pay 14.50 for every 1 unit of annual earnings.

Roughly the long-run market average band.

Forward P/E

11.75

Price against forecast earnings

lowWhat this means

Price against next year's *forecast* earnings.

The market expects little growth, or doubts the forecast.

PEG ratio

2.63

P/E adjusted for growth

expensive for the growthWhat this means

P/E divided by the growth rate — it asks whether the price is justified by the growth.

Above 2 you pay more per unit of growth than the convention treats as reasonable.

Price to book

-43.10

Price against balance-sheet equity

below bookWhat this means

Price against the accounting value of the company's net assets.

Under 1 the market values the company at less than its balance sheet — common in banks, and in businesses the market distrusts.

Price to sales

5.63

Price against revenue

highWhat this means

Price against revenue — usable when a company has no profit yet.

The price assumes today's revenue will convert into much more profit later.

EV / EBITDA

8.71

Whole-company value against cash earnings

moderateWhat this means

Whole-company value, debt included, against cash earnings.

A conventional range.

Enterprise value

$137.39B

Market value plus debt, minus cash — the price of the whole business

Shares outstanding

1,669,743,926

Shares the profit is split across

Dividend yield

6.44%

Annual dividend against price

very highWhat this means

Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price.

Unusually high yields often mean the market doubts the dividend will hold.

TechnicalRSI in healthy range (30-70); MACD bullish (positive histogram) 100.015%

RSI (14)

53.8

Above 70 overbought, below 30 oversold

neutralWhat this means

A 0–100 momentum gauge over the last 14 sessions.

The middle band, where most trading days sit.

MACD

0.50

Momentum against its own trend

MACD histogram

0.10

Positive is bullish

ADX

13.6

Trend strength; above 25 is a real trend

no clear trendWhat this means

Trend strength, regardless of direction.

Below about 20 the price is ranging rather than trending.

20-day average

$68.36

50-day average

$68.15

200-day average

$64.95

Price vs 50-day

1.07%

Price vs 200-day

6.05%

Bollinger upper

$70.36

Bollinger lower

$66.37

Average true range

1.42

Typical daily trading range

Stochastic %K

58.1

Risk4 measured figures 45.012%

Volatility, annualised

21.52%

How far it swings in a year

normalWhat this means

How far the price typically swings over a year.

A typical range for an individual share.

Beta

0.49

Moves against the wider market

steadier than the marketWhat this means

How much the price moves relative to the wider market.

Tends to move less than the index, in both directions.

Maximum drawdown

-25.83%

Worst peak-to-trough fall

significantWhat this means

The worst peak-to-trough fall in the period measured.

A serious decline, though not unusual over a multi-year window.

Risk category

Moderate

The engine's own banding

Analyst view6 measured figures 60.010%

Consensus

Hold

What covering analysts rate it

Analysts covering

11

Mean price target

$70.00

Highest target

$82.00

Lowest target

$58.00

Implied upside

1.63%

Target against today's price

limitedWhat this means

How far the mean analyst target sits above today's price.

Little headroom to the consensus target.

Price against the S&P 500

180 trading days to 2026-09-24

MO is 30.9% up over the window, against 10.9% up for the S&P 500 — ahead by 20.0 points.
MO +30.9%S&P 500 +10.9%
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Sampled across the window. Both columns are rebased to 100 on 2026-01-06, so they can be compared directly.
DateCloseMO rebasedS&P 500 rebased
2026-01-06$52.61100.0100.0
2026-01-28$60.21114.4100.5
2026-02-19$64.85123.398.8
2026-03-12$64.59122.896.1
2026-04-02$63.77121.294.8
2026-04-24$64.86123.3103.2
2026-05-15$70.88134.7106.7
2026-06-08$69.14131.4106.6
2026-06-30$70.82134.6108.0
2026-07-22$71.04135.0108.0
2026-08-12$63.37120.4111.6
2026-09-02$68.47130.1110.4

How the score was built

Each category is scored 0–100, then multiplied by its weight. The seven contributions sum to the quality score.
CategoryScoreWeightContribution
Financial health60.023%13.8
Growth & momentum70.022%15.4
Valuation60.018%10.8
Technical100.015%15.0
Risk45.012%5.4
Analyst view60.010%6.0
ESG50.00%0.0
Quality score100%66.4

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IQInvest defaultThe engine's own weighting: financial health 23% and performance 22% lead, valuation 18%, then technicals, risk and analysts.
Value investorPrice against worth dominates: valuation 40%, financial health 25%. Chart signals count for almost nothing.
Growth investorMomentum first: performance 40% and technicals 20%. Whether the price is fair today gets just 5%.
Sleep at nightStability over everything: risk 35% and financial health 30% together outweigh all other categories combined.
ChartistThe tape over the fundamentals: technicals 45% and performance 25%. Valuation is nearly ignored.
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Your grade

D

66.4 / 100

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All 64 metricsOne flat sortable table, for when you want everything at once.
Metric Category Value Source
20-day averageTechnical$68.36Yahoo Finance
200-day averageTechnical$64.95Yahoo Finance
50-day averageTechnical$68.15Yahoo Finance
52-week highMarket data$77.06Yahoo Finance
52-week lowMarket data$54.70Yahoo Finance
ADXTechnical13.6Yahoo Finance
Analysts coveringAnalyst view11Yahoo Finance
Average daily returnGrowth & momentum0.07%Yahoo Finance
Average true rangeTechnical1.42Yahoo Finance
Average volumeMarket data8,576,674Yahoo Finance
Best dayGrowth & momentum7.84%Yahoo Finance
BetaRisk0.49Yahoo Finance
Bollinger lowerTechnical$66.37Yahoo Finance
Bollinger upperTechnical$70.36Yahoo Finance
ConsensusAnalyst viewHoldYahoo Finance
Current ratioFinancial health0.52Yahoo Finance
Day highMarket data$70.28Yahoo Finance
Day lowMarket data$68.83Yahoo Finance
Dividend yieldValuation6.44%Yahoo Finance
Earnings growthFinancial health-2.70%Yahoo Finance
EmployeesMarket data5,900Yahoo Finance
Enterprise valueValuation$137.39BYahoo Finance
EV / EBITDAValuation8.71Yahoo Finance
Forward P/EValuation11.75Yahoo Finance
Free cash flowFinancial health$9.03BYahoo Finance
Gross marginFinancial health87.01%Yahoo Finance
Highest targetAnalyst view$82.00Yahoo Finance
Implied upsideAnalyst view1.63%Yahoo Finance
Lowest targetAnalyst view$58.00Yahoo Finance
MACDTechnical0.50Yahoo Finance
MACD histogramTechnical0.10Yahoo Finance
Maximum drawdownRisk-25.83%Yahoo Finance
Mean price targetAnalyst view$70.00Yahoo Finance
OpenMarket data$69.50Yahoo Finance
Operating cash flowFinancial health$9.41BYahoo Finance
Operating marginFinancial health76.36%Yahoo Finance
P/E ratioValuation14.50Yahoo Finance
Payout ratioFinancial health89.26%Yahoo Finance
PEG ratioValuation2.63Yahoo Finance
Previous closeMarket data$68.95Yahoo Finance
Price to bookValuation-43.10Yahoo Finance
Price to salesValuation5.63Yahoo Finance
Price vs 200-dayTechnical6.05%Yahoo Finance
Price vs 50-dayTechnical1.07%Yahoo Finance
Profit marginFinancial health39.00%Yahoo Finance
Quick ratioFinancial health0.34Yahoo Finance
Return on assetsFinancial health29.54%Yahoo Finance
Return, 1 monthGrowth & momentum2.81%Yahoo Finance
Return, 1 yearGrowth & momentum13.36%Yahoo Finance
Return, 3 monthsGrowth & momentum-4.41%Yahoo Finance
Return, 3 yearsGrowth & momentum99.78%Yahoo Finance
Return, 6 monthsGrowth & momentum11.36%Yahoo Finance
Return, year to dateGrowth & momentum26.01%Yahoo Finance
RevenueFinancial health$11.54BYahoo Finance
Revenue growthFinancial health1.20%Yahoo Finance
Risk categoryRiskModerateYahoo Finance
RSI (14)Technical53.8Yahoo Finance
Shares outstandingValuation1,669,743,926Yahoo Finance
Sharpe ratioGrowth & momentum0.70Yahoo Finance
Stochastic %KTechnical58.1Yahoo Finance
Volatility, annualisedRisk21.52%Yahoo Finance
VolumeMarket data7,333,028Yahoo Finance
Win rateGrowth & momentum54.63%Yahoo Finance
Worst dayGrowth & momentum-9.32%Yahoo Finance
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