---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000764180-23-000125"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MO"
cik: "0000764180"
company_name: "ALTRIA GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T09:12:07.152008+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Altria Q3 adjusted EPS flat at $1.28; narrows FY2023 guidance to $4.91-$4.98

## Summary
- Q3 reported EPS $1.22 vs $0.12 YoY (100%+); adjusted EPS unchanged at $1.28.
- Net revenues $6.3B down 4.1%; revenues net of excise taxes $5.3B down 2.5%.
- Full-year 2023 adjusted EPS guidance narrowed to $4.91-$4.98, growth 1.5%-3%.
- Quarterly dividend raised 4.3% to $3.92 annualized; 58th increase in 54 years.
- NJOY ACE shipped 7.5M pods in Q3; distribution target 70,000 stores by year-end.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000764180-23-000125
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MO
- cik: 0000764180
- company_name: ALTRIA GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418023000125/0000764180-23-000125-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418023000125/mo-20231026.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000764180-23-000125.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ALTRIA GROUP, INC. updated its the quarter ended September 30, 2023 guidance (reaffirmed).
  - Period: the quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On October 26, 2023, Altria Group, Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418023000125/0000764180-23-000125-index.htm

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