Valuation
26% of the score
75median 13
Altria is valued at 12x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: an ordinary multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
12x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
MOAltria
$69.14+11% 1Y
$69.14
$53.0352 weeks$74.82
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 75 out of 100, Strong
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Strong. Altria scores higher than 91% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and return on capital, held back by return on new capital.
Consumer Defensive median 60 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
100median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 26% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
26%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 31%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
44median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 2 cents. It did so while using less capital than before.
-5%
12%
2.4%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
92median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 2% a year over 5 years: buybacks
875%
-3%
-2%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew -5.9% a year, sales -2.3%
10012%
-2%
-3.6%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
61median 62
Today's operating margin of 47% is 1.05x its normal 45%: close to its usual level. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1.1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 47%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
69median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA2x a year of EBITDA
634.5x
0.5x
2x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 9x
751.5x
12x
9.3x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
75median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.04x profit over 3 years
650.7x
1x
1.3x
1x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 6.7% of assets
938%
0%
-8%
-6.7%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.37
68-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.37
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.
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