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Company snapshot — Altria Group

MO in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Altria makes and sells tobacco products in the United States, led by Marlboro cigarettes, plus cigars under Black & Mild, smokeless tobacco under Copenhagen and Skoal, nicotine pouches under on!, and e-vapor devices under NJOY ACE. It sells through distributors and large retail chains rather than directly to consumers. The company is based in Richmond, Virginia.
Where it sits in the stack
Altria carries no seat in our AI build-out index; it belongs to the Consumer Defensive sector, within the diary's tobacco sleeve, and sits outside the compute or hardware chain entirely.
Who it is priced against
There is no peer group set for this name in the diary; the comparison the market usually draws is with Philip Morris International, its former parent, now a separate international tobacco company.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It is a member of the S&P 500 but carries no Closelooknet score and no index seat elsewhere in the diary; it has not yet drawn a quote in our editions.
What the diary watches
Whether the newer nicotine pouch and e-vapor lines offset the slower decline in cigarette volumes, and how regulatory moves on flavoured products affect that mix.

Altria Group (MO) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for MO, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Consumer Defensive · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Consumer Defensive · US

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against MO on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 18.16%, irregular · last 1.11 USD on 2026-09-15

Dividends and capital return

What MO pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 12.50 USD per share · a 18.16% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 8 distributions, paid irregularly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +203.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 4.12 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.11 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-15
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.98 USD (partial) · 2024: 4.00 USD · 2025: 4.16 USD · 2026: 11.44 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-20

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.26 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How MO has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.26 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Altria Group moved 0.26% on average · correlation 0.09 · higher than 25% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.33 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.21% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.10% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Altria Group (MO)?

Altria Group trades as MO on the US exchange (US) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is MO in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Altria Group is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does MO trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -0.1% vs the 50-day and +3.3% vs the 200-day average, 10.7% below the 52-week high and +27.9% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Altria Group do?

Altria makes and sells tobacco products in the United States, led by Marlboro cigarettes, plus cigars under Black & Mild, smokeless tobacco under Copenhagen and Skoal, nicotine pouches under on!, and e-vapor devices under NJOY ACE. It sells through distributors and large retail chains rather than directly to consumers. The company is based in Richmond, Virginia. There is no peer group set for this name in the diary; the comparison the market usually draws is with Philip Morris International, its former parent, now a separate international tobacco company.

Where does Altria Group sit in the AI build-out?

Altria carries no seat in our AI build-out index; it belongs to the Consumer Defensive sector, within the diary's tobacco sleeve, and sits outside the compute or hardware chain entirely. It is a member of the S&P 500 but carries no Closelooknet score and no index seat elsewhere in the diary; it has not yet drawn a quote in our editions.

Does Altria Group pay a dividend?

Altria Group has paid 12.50 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid irregularly, a trailing yield of 18.16% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.11 USD on 2026-09-15. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does Altria Group trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Altria Group had a beta of 0.26 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 25% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.21% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for MO, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Tobacco, then Consumer Defensive. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.