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MO Altria

consumer_staples · 2026-10-19

N/A
too hard · 92
Owner-earnings value$72.20
Price$75.11
Margin of safety -3.9%

Quality gate · 92/100

Returns on capital 30/30
Consistency 19.6/22
Margins / pricing power 15.9/16
Balance sheet 10.4/16
Cash conversion 10/10
Capital allocation 5.7/6

⚠ negative book equity

Median ROIC37.3%
Gross margin72.2%
Net debt / EBITDA1.8x
FCF conversion108%
Share count / yr-2.1%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)7.97B
Owner-earnings yield6.4%
Free-cash-flow yield7.3%
Growth used (normalized)0.0%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)0.9%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
17.97B 0.0%7.31B
28.00B 0.3%6.73B
38.05B 0.7%6.22B
48.13B 1.0%5.76B
58.24B 1.3%5.36B
68.38B 1.7%5.00B
78.55B 2.0%4.68B
88.75B 2.3%4.39B
98.98B 2.7%4.13B
109.25B 3.0%3.91B

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~1%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 0%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-19 92 $75.11 $72.20 -3.9% N/A
2026-09-08 92 $68.88 $72.20 +4.8% N/A
2026-07-30 92 $74.92 $72.92 -2.7% N/A
2026-07-02 92 $71.54 $72.92 +1.9% N/A
2026-06-25 92 $72.07 $72.92 +1.2% N/A
2026-06-23 92 $71.61 $72.92 +1.8% N/A