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Altria Group, Inc.MO · consumer nondurables
GradeTortoiseCmiddle fifth of 124 graded peers; percentile 48.0, sampling error 3.8 points; lower is stronger
Rank60 of 124
ProfitabilityB/Cpercentile 37.2
SolvencyCpercentile 54.2
Growth and financingCpercentile 51.3
Reliability0.94 AUCfailure model, filers with over $2.67B assets; 95% interval 0.88 to 0.97; 61 events, 2020 to 2025
Peer failure rate0.52% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025
Size bandover $2.67B assetstotal assets $35.0B[1]
Standard universeinsiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2]
Warningsnone activenot computable: distress
Inputs computable12 of 14
Graded fromfilings received through May 27, 2026135 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date
Last close$71.432026-10-08; market equity $119.3B; iex feed
Price used in gradeNone
Share price, twelve months to the rescansplit-adjusted close; a lollipop at every rescan carries the letter held then; baseline ticks are SEC receipt dates of the inputs; ranges and dragging scroll the full history
$60$70NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctDC$71.42
ABCDE20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Percentile at every rescan on file, Jan 21, 2012 to Oct 9, 2026; stronger toward the top. Hover for the date.

Open this report as it stood on

Letter setLetterPercentileBand
Jan 21, 2012nonen/aQ5
Mar 21, 2012D72.6Q5
Feb 21, 2013D/E78.4Q5
Aug 21, 2013E84.0Q5
Sep 21, 2013D/E83.2Q5
Nov 21, 2013E84.4Q5
Dec 21, 2013D/E83.3Q5
Jan 21, 2014E84.2Q5
Mar 21, 2016D/E80.7Q5
Nov 21, 2016D76.0Q5
Mar 21, 2018D/E79.7Q5
Feb 21, 2019D76.4Q5
Mar 21, 2020C/D62.3Q5
Apr 21, 2020D64.5Q5
Feb 21, 2021C/D61.5Q5
Mar 21, 2021C53.6Q5
Jun 21, 2021C/D58.3Q5
Sep 21, 2021C56.7Q5
Jul 21, 2022C/D57.4Q5
Apr 21, 2023C53.4Q5
Nov 21, 2023B/C43.6Q5
Dec 21, 2023C44.1Q5
Feb 21, 2024B/C43.3Q5
Mar 21, 2024C55.7Q5
Apr 21, 2024C/D57.9Q5
May 21, 2024C56.2Q5
Jun 21, 2024C/D57.7Q5
Mar 21, 2025D67.5Q5
Mar 21, 2026C50.4Q5

Each date opens the report as it stood on that rescan.

Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Feb 25, 2026; the document on sec.gov.

As we execute on our Vision, we established our 2028 Enterprise Goals (“2028 Goals”) to provide our investors with specific metrics to measure our progress. Our 2028 Goals are: ▪Deliver a mid-single digits adjusted diluted EPS compounded annual growth rate (“CAGR”) in 2028 from a $4.87 base in 2022, which has been recast as described in Non-GAAP Financial Measures below (for our progress through 2025, see Consolidated Results of Operations); ▪A progressive dividend goal targeting mid-single digits dividend per share growth annually through 2028; ▪Target a debt-to-Consolidated EBITDA ratio of approximately 2.0x (see Liquidity and Capital Resources); ▪Maintain our leadership position in the...

The Fourteen Inputs [top]

Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.

InputPercentile, 0 to 100ValueSourcePeer medianPercentilePeersPeriod end
Profitability, sleeve percentile 37.2
Gross profitability41.5%[1,3]29.8%34.51462025-12-31
Return on invested capital39.3%[4-12]5.6%6.2492025-12-31
Accruals ratio(6.7%)[1,13-15](5.0%)40.11532025-12-31
Gross margin stability, five years2.9 pts[2-3,16-23]1.9 pts67.81162025-12-31
Solvency, sleeve percentile 54.2
Twelve-month failure probabilitynot computable0.03%
latest liabilities, cash plus short-term investments, book equity, and shares are required
Altman Z double-prime4.50[1,4,8,24-27]3.1134.71222025-12-31
Net debt to EBITDA2.09x[4,7,9,28]2.54x38.9552025-12-31
Interest coveragenot computable2.51x
latest aligned inputs end 2023-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31
Current ratio0.65x[24-25]1.81x89.11572025-12-31
Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 51.3
Revenue growth, three-year compound(2.5%)[2,17,19,21]0.2%65.91332025-12-31
Free cash flow growth, three-year compound4.1%[14,29-35]14.9%61.5662025-12-31
Reinvestment rate13.6%[4-6,24-25,28-29,36-37]10.7%46.4702025-12-31
Asset growth, three years(1.8%)[1,15,38-39]0.5%58.61342025-12-31
Net share issuance, one year(1.1%)[40-41]0.05%24.31042026-02-13

Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.

Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.

Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.

Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.

Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.

Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.

Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite -0.053; sampling error 3.8 percentile points on 124 peers.

Among 124 Peers [top]

ABCDEMNST, Monster Beverage Corp.; A, percentile 6.5; market equity $85.5B; warnings: fortress balance sheetMNSTCTAS, Cintas Corp.; A/B, percentile 18.7; market equity $79.9BCTASPEP, Pepsico Inc.; B, percentile 30.1; market equity $174.9BPEPKO, Coca Cola Co.; B/C, percentile 39.0; market equity $377.6BKOPM, Philip Morris International Inc.; C, percentile 46.3; market equity $312.5BPMMDLZ, Mondelez International, Inc.; E, percentile 95.1; market equity $77.9BMDLZMO 48.0strongerweaker

Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.

RankCompanyPercentileLetterWarnings
55Bridgford Foods Corp. (BRID)

Bridgford Foods Corp. (BRID)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 43.9

Nasdaq · Sausages & Other Prepared Meat Products

market equity $53.6M; last close $5.42

No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs

43.9C
56Hershey Co. (HSY)

Hershey Co. (HSY)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 44.7

NYSE · Sugar & Confectionery Products

market equity $33.0B; last close $162.49

No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs

44.7C
57Post Holdings, Inc. (POST)

Post Holdings, Inc. (POST)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 45.5

NYSE · Grain Mill Products

market equity $3.3B; last close $74.19

No active warnings; 13 of 14 inputs

45.5C
58Philip Morris International Inc. (PM)

Philip Morris International Inc. (PM)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 46.3

NYSE · Cigarettes

market equity $312.5B; last close $200.51

No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs

46.3C
59Hormel Foods Corp. (HRL)

Hormel Foods Corp. (HRL)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 47.2

NYSE · Meat Packing Plants

last close $19.41

No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs

47.2C
60Altria Group, Inc. (MO)

Altria Group, Inc. (MO)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 48.0

NYSE · Cigarettes

market equity $119.3B; last close $71.43

No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs

48.0C
61Oxford Industries Inc. (OXM)

Oxford Industries Inc. (OXM)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 48.8

NYSE · Men's & Boys' Furnishgs, Work Clothg, & Allied Garments

market equity $381.6M; last close $25.48

No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs

48.8C
62BrightView Holdings, Inc. (BV)

BrightView Holdings, Inc. (BV)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 49.6

NYSE · Agricultural Services

market equity $968.6M; last close $10.45

No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs

49.6C
63Celsius Holdings, Inc. (CELH)

Celsius Holdings, Inc. (CELH)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 50.4

Nasdaq · Bottled & Canned Soft Drinks & Carbonated Waters

market equity $6.9B; last close $27.41

No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs

50.4C
64Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (LW)

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (LW)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 51.2

NYSE · Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties

market equity $6.8B; last close $49.48

No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs

51.2C
65J.Jill, Inc. (JILL)

J.Jill, Inc. (JILL)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 52.0

NYSE · Women's, Misses': and Juniors Outerwear

market equity $363.7M; last close $24.40

No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs

52.0C
Peer policyLetterPercentilePeers
all graded filers, equal sleevesC48.42204
sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade)C48.0124
same exchange, equal sleevesC48.9984
sector peers, equal inputsC48.8124

Each letter is one fifth of the 124 graded peers, about 24 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.

What the Price Implies [top]

Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.

MeasureValuePeer medianPercentileReading
Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month7.2%(0.2%)59hotter than 59 of 100 peers
Distance from 52-week high(4.7%)(24.8%)93closer to its high than 93 of 100 peers
EBIT to enterprise value7.0%4.1%70pricier than 30 of 100 peers
Free cash flow yield7.6%4.8%65pricier than 35 of 100 peers
Book value to price(0.02)0.576pricier than 94 of 100 peers
Sales to price0.201.207pricier than 93 of 100 peers
Composite equity issuance, five years(52.8%)(16.3%)1more equity-funded than 1 of 100 peers
Relative strength against the sector, log excess return(0.03)(0.10)59ahead of 59 of 100 peers

Inputs: market equity $119.3B; EBIT $9.9B; free cash flow $9.1B; book equity -$2.7B; sales $23.3B; debt $24.6B; cash $2.4B[42].

Diagnostics [top]

Diagnostics do not feed the grade.

Piotroski F-score: 7 of 9, period end 2025-12-31
Return on assets above zero19.7%✓ pass[13,15]
Operating cash flow above zero$9.3B✓ pass[14]
Return on assets improved(9.5 pts)✗ fail[13,15,38,43]
Operating cash flow exceeds net income$2.3B✓ pass[13-14]
Long-term leverage fell5.3 pts✗ fail[1,15,38,44-45]
Current ratio improved13.4 pts✓ pass[24-25,36-37]
No new shares issued(1.1%)✓ pass[40-41]
Gross margin improved2.7 pts✓ pass[2-3,16-17]
Asset turnover improved3.9 pts✓ pass[2,15,17,38]
Cash, filings, liquidity
Cash and equivalents$2.4B[46]
Operating cash flow, four quarters$9.4B[14,46-50]
Months of runwaynot finite
trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite
Late filings, two years0
NT 10-K or NT 10-Q
Days since last periodic filing71
10-Q received Jul 30, 2026
Median daily dollar volume$551.9M
63 sessions
Days since newest grade input135

Downloads [top]

Sources [top]

Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.

#ConceptXBRL tagValuePeriod endReceivedFormLinks
1assetsus-gaap:Assets$35.0B2025-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
2revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax$23.3B2025-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
3gross profitus-gaap:GrossProfit$14.5B2025-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
4operating incomeus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss$9.9B2025-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
5pretax incomeus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest$9.4B2025-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
6income taxus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit$2.4B2025-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
7total debtus-gaap:LongTermDebt$25.7B2025-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
8book equityus-gaap:StockholdersEquity-$3.5B2025-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
9cashus-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue$4.5B2025-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
10total debtus-gaap:LongTermDebt$24.9B2024-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
11book equityus-gaap:StockholdersEquity-$2.2B2024-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
12cashus-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue$3.1B2024-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
13net incomeus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss$6.9B2025-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
14operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$9.3B2025-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
15assetsus-gaap:Assets$35.2B2024-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
16gross profitus-gaap:GrossProfit$14.4B2024-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
17revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax$24.0B2024-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
18gross profitus-gaap:GrossProfit$14.3B2023-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
19revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax$24.5B2023-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
20gross profitus-gaap:GrossProfit$14.2B2022-12-312025-02-2610-Kfiling · viewer · series
21revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax$25.1B2022-12-312025-02-2610-Kfiling · viewer · series
22gross profitus-gaap:GrossProfit$14.0B2021-12-312024-02-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
23revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax$26.0B2021-12-312024-02-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
24current assetsus-gaap:AssetsCurrent$5.9B2025-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
25current liabilitiesus-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent$9.2B2025-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
26retained earningsus-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit$35.5B2025-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
27liabilitiesus-gaap:Liabilities$38.5B2025-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
28depreciation amortizationus-gaap:DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization$266.0M2025-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
29capital expenditureus-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment$216.0M2025-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
30operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$8.8B2024-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
31capital expenditureus-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment$142.0M2024-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
32operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$9.3B2023-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
33capital expenditureus-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment$196.0M2023-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
34operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$8.3B2022-12-312025-02-2610-Kfiling · viewer · series
35capital expenditureus-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment$205.0M2022-12-312025-02-2610-Kfiling · viewer · series
36current assetsus-gaap:AssetsCurrent$4.5B2024-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
37current liabilitiesus-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent$8.8B2024-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
38assetsus-gaap:Assets$38.6B2023-12-312025-02-2610-Kfiling · viewer · series
39assetsus-gaap:Assets$37.0B2022-12-312024-02-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
40shares outstandingdei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding1,671,898,0872026-02-132026-05-2710-K/Afiling · viewer · series
41shares outstandingdei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding1,690,661,6412025-02-142025-06-0410-K/Afiling · viewer · series
42shares outstandingdei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding1,669,743,9262026-07-222026-07-3010-Qfiling · viewer · series
43net incomeus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss$11.3B2024-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
44long term debtus-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent$24.1B2025-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
45long term debtus-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent$23.4B2024-12-312026-02-2510-Kfiling · viewer · series
46cashus-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue$2.4B2026-06-302026-07-3010-Qfiling · viewer · series
47operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$3.0B2026-06-302026-07-3010-Qfiling · viewer · series
48operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$2.3B2026-03-312026-04-3010-Qfiling · viewer · series
49operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$6.0B2025-09-302025-10-3010-Qfiling · viewer · series
50operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$2.9B2025-06-302026-07-3010-Qfiling · viewer · series

Limitations [top]

Grade boundary. Percentile 48.0 is 8.0 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 3.8 points.

Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.

Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.

Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.

Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.

Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.