Altria (MO) reported $5.08 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 0.5%. EPS of $1.30 for the same period compares to $1.29 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5 billion, representing a surprise of +1.54%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -1.13%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.32.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Altria performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenues net of excise taxes- Oral Tobacco Products: $682 million versus $673.99 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +2.9% change.
- Revenues net of excise taxes- Smokeable Products: $4.38 billion compared to the $4.29 billion average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -1.1% year over year.
- Operating Companies Income- Adjusted OCI- Smokeable Products: $2.64 billion compared to the $2.67 billion average estimate based on two analysts.
- Operating Companies Income- Reported OCI- Oral Tobacco Products: $438 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $466.35 million.
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Shares of Altria have returned +9.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.8% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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