secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ALTRIA GROUP, INC. (MO)
CIK:        0000764180
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000764180-25-000009
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Altria reports 2024 net earnings $11.3B, EPS $6.54; dividend raised to $4.00
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- Net earnings $11.26B ($6.54 diluted EPS) vs $8.13B ($4.57) in 2023; net revenues $24.02B vs $24.48B.
- Operating income decreased 2.7% to $11.24B from $11.55B; included $389M asset impairment and $2.7B IQOS gain.
- Dividend increased to $4.00/share from $3.84; stock repurchases $3.4B in 2024 vs $1.0B in 2023.
- Total stockholders' equity deficit improved to ($2.19B) from ($3.49B); long-term debt reduced $1.7B to $23.4B.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418025000009/0000764180-25-000009-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418025000009/mo-20250130.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000764180-25-000009

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