The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2025-03-04), Altria Group's share price is $57.4675. Altria Group's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $-1.32. Hence, Altria Group's PB Ratio of today is .
The historical rank and industry rank for Altria Group's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
During the past 13 years, Altria Group's highest PB Ratio was 47.77. The lowest was 5.18. And the median was 12.06.
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in the Tobacco Products industry.
Industry Median: 2.54 * Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -14.50% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Altria Group was 75.10% per year. The lowest was -56.90% per year. And the median was 6.65% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Altria Group PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Altria Group's PB Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
For the Tobacco subindustry, Altria Group's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Altria Group's PB Ratio Distribution in the Tobacco Products Industry
For the Tobacco Products industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Altria Group's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Altria Group's PB Ratio falls into.
Altria Group PB Ratio Calculation
The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.
Altria Group's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.
The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.
Be Aware
Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.
Altria Group PB Ratio Related Terms
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Altria comprises Philip Morris USA, us Smokeless Tobacco, John Middleton, Horizon Innovations, and Helix Innovations. Through its tobacco subsidiaries, Altria maintains the leading position in cigarettes and smokeless tobacco in the United States and the number-two spot in machine-made cigars. The company's Marlboro brand is the leading cigarette brand in the us with 42% annual share in 2023. Beyond its core business, it holds an 8% interest in the world's largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev, a 42% stake in cannabis manufacturer Cronos, acquired Njoy Holdings in 2023, and operates a joint venture with Japan Tobacco in the heated tobacco category. It also recently disposed of its investment in Juul Labs.
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