Growth Metrics

Altria (MO) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Altria (MO) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 15 consecutive years, with 0.38% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 5.0% to 0.38% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.38%, a 5.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.38%, down 2.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.38% for Q4 2025 at Altria, down from 0.44% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 1.35% in Q3 2021 to a low of 0.28% in Q2 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.44% and a median of 0.41% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: skyrocketed 113bps in 2021, then tumbled -102bps in 2022.
  • Altria's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.37% in 2021, then increased by 19bps to 0.44% in 2022, then dropped by -1bps to 0.44% in 2023, then decreased by -1bps to 0.43% in 2024, then decreased by -12bps to 0.38% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MO's Return on Capital Employed are 0.38% (Q4 2025), 0.44% (Q3 2025), and 0.41% (Q2 2025).