Altria Group, Inc. (MO) on Decifer

Decifer ranks MO number 268 of 277 tracked names on durable business quality.

Why it ranks here

• It earns strong returns on the money it puts to work, around 43% and those returns have been improving and it turns most of its profit into real cash.
• Revenue is expected to grow about 1% a year, profits are expected to grow 3%, and growth is speeding up, not slowing down.
• It keeps a high share of every sale as profit, with profitability widening as it grows.
• It is riding an active market tailwind and has the balance sheet to fund its growth.
• It is not watering down its owners with new shares and it returns cash to shareholders.
• Returns near 43% are excellent, but revenue expected to grow only about 1% and no worldview role mean the business is high quality with almost nowhere to go.

The current read

The evidence on MO lines up on the supportive side: options activity is unusually heavy with positioning leaning toward upside. The independent signals we track are telling the same story.

Themes

• Consumer & Retail: Altria Group, Inc. operates in tobacco. That places it inside the Consumer & Retail story.

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