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MO Altria

Consumer Staples · Tobacco · close $75.11 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-06-30

53
C
#10/52 in sector · #147/964 overall

Altria (MO) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 53/100 (grade C), ranking #10 of 52 in Consumer Staples. Its strongest pillars are profitability (94) and cash flow (82); its weakest is growth (30). TTM revenue growth is -0.6% and operating margin 46.8%.

Data as of .

Analyst sentiment

weight 7.5% · 50
Consensus score (1–5) (3.8%)derived35
90-day net rating shift (3.8%)derived56

Growth

weight 30.83% · 30
Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%)-0.6%18
EPS growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%)-7.9%44
Revenue acceleration (6.2%)-3.1%28

Profitability

weight 18.5% · 94
Operating margin (9.9%)46.8%100
4Q gross-margin change (8.6%)1.5%88

Balance sheet

weight 18.5% · 34
Net debt / EBITDA (9.9%)1.98×42
Current ratio (4.9%)0.522
Interest coverage (3.7%)9.32×57

Cash flow

weight 12.33% · 82
FCF margin (6.2%)39.0%100
FCF yield (6.2%)7.2%64

Valuation

weight 12.33% · 45
P/E (inverted) (6.2%)15.81×82
EV/Sales (inverted) (6.2%)6.29×7

Technicals (EOD)

RSI(14)76.2
EMA 9 / 2172.18 / 70.64
200-day SMA68.01
Volume vs 20d avg1.23×
20-day return7.8%

Exit-rule monitor

  • EXITRating break: House Rating below 60
  • EXITFundamental miss: revenue growth negative YoY

Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax · Gross profit: GrossProfit · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestExpenseNonoperating · D&A: DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).

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FAQ

What is MO's House Rating?
MO scores 53 out of 100 (grade C) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #10 of 52 Consumer Staples stocks we cover.
What do analysts say about MO?
ThetaGrade's analyst-sentiment pillar for MO scores 50/100 against its sector peers, which we read as mixed. This is our own derived score; we do not republish individual analyst ratings, counts or targets.
When does MO report earnings next?
MO's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-10-29 (window 2026-10-26 to 2026-11-01), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
Is MO a buy?
ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.

Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology

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