
$23.3B−3% YoYFY 2025
◌ 2026 = trailing twelve months to the latest filed quarter, not a full fiscal year
→Revenue reached $23.3B in 2025, compounding -2% a year since 2022 though the pace has cooled.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
$6.9B−38% YoYFY 2025
◌ 2026 = trailing twelve months to the latest filed quarter, not a full fiscal year
→Net income was $6.9B in 2025, compounding +6% a year over three years. Trailing twelve-month profit stands at $8.0B.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
-3.1%revenue growth, FY 2025
→Revenue grew -3% in 2025 against a five-year average of -2%. Earnings fell +38% on top of it.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
$9.1B+5% YoYFY 2025
→Free cash flow was $9.1B in 2025, compounding +4% a year since 2022.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
→Of $23.3B in 2025 sales, $6.9B reaches net profit - 30 cents on the dollar. The largest single deduction is producing the product ($8.7B).
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
→39 cents of every sales dollar became free cash in 2025, up 7 points since 2022 - the best conversion in its filed history.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
◌ 2026 = trailing twelve months to the latest filed quarter (2026-06-30), not a full fiscal year
→The biggest claim on each sales dollar is capital spending, at 1% of revenue (research and development 1%).
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
→Operating profit outgrew revenue in only 2 of the last 5 years. Costs are growing roughly in step with the business, so scale isn't yet paying for itself.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
◌ 2026 = trailing twelve months to the latest filed quarter (2026-06-30), not a full fiscal year
→Operating margin compressed 5 points to 43% since 2022. After everything, 30 cents of each sales dollar reaches net profit.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
◌ 2026 = trailing twelve months to the latest filed quarter (2026-06-30), not a full fiscal year
→Return on capital needs both a profit and an equity base; one of them isn't available here.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
14.5xP/E today
◌ 2026 = at the latest close (2026-09-04), over the trailing twelve months; earlier years are annual averages
→At 14.5x earnings, the market is paying +64% more than MO's own 9-year median of 8.9x. Expectations are elevated, so more has to go right to justify the price.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
7.9%FCF yield today
◌ 2026 = at the latest close (2026-09-04), over the trailing twelve months; earlier years are annual averages
→Every dollar of market value currently buys 7.9% of annual free cash flow, less than its 10-year median of 13.2% - you are paying up for the same cash.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
→Debt of $24.6B sits against $2.4B of cash. Earnings cover the interest bill 9 times over, so the debt is comfortably serviced.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
→Shareholders' equity is negative at $-2.7B: liabilities exceed assets. Usually the mark of heavy buybacks or accumulated losses, and always worth understanding which.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
→Shareholders received $1.0B in buybacks and $7.0B in dividends in 2025.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
→The share count shrank 2.0% in 2025, averaging 2.3% a year over three years. Buybacks are concentrating your ownership: the same business, split fewer ways.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
→The dividend per share reached $4.14 in 2025, compounding +4% a year since 2020.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
◌ 2026 = trailing twelve months to the latest filed quarter (2026-06-30), not a full fiscal year
→The dividend consumed 100% of profit and 77% of free cash flow in 2025. That is a thin cushion: a bad year would put the payment under real pressure.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
→MO earns 38.3% on the capital it employs, well above the 10% most investors treat as the cost of capital. It was 42.1% in 2022, so the trend is down, though the pace has cooled.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
→MO has shrunk its share count -19% from 2008 to 2025, so each remaining share owns more of the business. Revenue per share is +20% over the same years.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30
→Insiders sold $2M on the open market and bought nothing. Many sales are pre-scheduled diversification rather than a view on the price. A further 41 filings were grants, option exercises or tax withholding, which say nothing either way.
Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL company facts) · as at 2026-06-30