Altria (MO) reported $4.52 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 4.2%. EPS of $1.23 for the same period compares to $1.15 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -2.57% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.64 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.17, the EPS surprise was +5.13%.
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.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Altria performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net revenue- All Other/ Financial Services: -$17 million versus $36 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -189.5% change.
- Revenues net of excise taxes- Oral tobacco products: $629 million compared to the $633.90 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +0.5% year over year.
- Revenues net of excise taxes- Smokeable Products: $3.91 billion versus $3.97 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4.1% change.
- Operating Income (Loss)/ Reported OCI- Oral tobacco products: $433 million compared to the $448.82 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Adjusted OCI- Smokeable Products: $2.52 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $2.48 billion.
- Operating Income (Loss)/ Reported OCI- All Other/ Financial Services: -$1.01 billion versus -$120 million estimated by two analysts on average.
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Shares of Altria have returned -3.1% 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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