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Company snapshot — Altria Group

MO in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook 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 Closelook tracks it
It is a member of the S&P 500 but carries no Closelook 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 Closelook’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 Closelook 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 Closelook 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 Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 17.98%, 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 17.98% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 8 distributions, paid irregularly 2026-09-18
  • 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.

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 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Altria Group (MO)?

Altria Group trades as MO on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is MO in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Altria Group is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does MO trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +0.6% vs the 50-day and +4.8% vs the 200-day average, 9.8% below the 52-week high and +29.2% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook 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 Closelook 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 17.98% on the 2026-09-18 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.

What does this page show?

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

Related in the Closelook universe

then Tobacco, then Consumer Defensive. Scored names rank on their Closelook 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.