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Altria Reports 2024 First-Quarter Results; Reaffirms Full-Year Guidance


Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) today reports our 2024 first-quarter business results and reaffirms our guidance for 2024 full-year adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS).

"We made meaningful progress in pursuit of our Vision, and our highly profitable traditional tobacco businesses continued to perform well in a challenging environment," said Billy Gifford, Altria's Chief Executive Officer. "In spite of the absence of an effective regulatory environment, we saw continued early momentum from NJOY and believe our businesses are on track to deliver against full-year plans."

"We also demonstrated our continued commitment to maximizing the return on our investments and delivering strong shareholder returns through the sale of a portion of our investment in ABI and the subsequent expansion of our share repurchase program in March."

 

Altria Headline Financials1

 

($ in millions, except per share data)

Q1 2024

Change vs.
Q1 2023

Net revenues

$5,576

(2.5)%

Revenues net of excise taxes

$4,717

(1.0)%

 

 

 

Reported tax rate

22.3%

(5.6) pp

Adjusted tax rate

24.8%

(0.2) pp

 

 

 

Reported diluted EPS2

$1.21

21.0%

Adjusted diluted EPS2

$1.15

(2.5)%

1 "Adjusted" financial measures presented in this release exclude the impact of special items. See "Basis of Presentation" for more information and see the schedules to this press release for reconciliations to corresponding GAAP measures.
2 "EPS" represents diluted earnings per share.

As previously announced, a conference call with the investment community and news media will be webcast on April 25, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Access to the webcast is available at www.altria.com/webcasts.

NJOY

Business Results

For the first quarter:

Partial Sale of Our Investment in ABI

Cash Returns to Shareholders and Capital Markets Activity

Share Repurchase Program

Dividends

Capital Markets Activity

Other Business Activities in the All Other Category

Our Research and Development (R&D) investments have evolved and shifted from our traditional tobacco businesses to new product platforms and technologies. Beginning January 1, 2024 our R&D expense is aligned with how our management evaluates performance results and allocates resources for segment reporting. Using this approach, we recorded substantially all of our pre-tax R&D expense in our all other category, which now includes R&D expense for certain new product platforms and technologies. In 2023, the majority of our pre-tax R&D expense was recorded in our smokeable products segment.

Environmental, Social and Governance

Our Corporate Responsibility Focus Areas are: (i) reduce the harm of tobacco products, (ii) prevent underage use, (iii) protect the environment, (iv) drive responsibility through our value chain, (v) support our people and communities and (vi) engage and lead responsibly. Our corporate responsibility reports are available on the Responsibility section of www.altria.com.

2024 Full-Year Guidance

We reaffirm our 2024 full-year adjusted diluted EPS guidance range of $5.05 to $5.17, representing a growth rate of 2% to 4.5% from a base of $4.95 in 2023. We expect 2024 adjusted diluted EPS growth to be weighted to the second half of the year. Our guidance includes the impact of two additional shipping days in 2024 and assumes limited impact on combustible and e-vapor volumes from enforcement efforts in the illicit e-vapor market.

While the 2024 full-year adjusted diluted EPS guidance accounts for a range of scenarios, the external environment remains dynamic. We will continue to monitor conditions related to (i) the economy, including the cumulative impact of inflation, (ii) adult tobacco consumer (ATC) dynamics, including purchasing patterns and adoption of smoke-free products, (iii) illicit e-vapor enforcement and (iv) regulatory, litigation and legislative developments.

Our 2024 full-year adjusted diluted EPS guidance range includes planned investments in support of our Vision, such as (i) marketplace activities in support of our smoke-free products and (ii) continued smoke-free product research, development and regulatory preparation expenses.

The 2024 full-year adjusted diluted EPS guidance range excludes an estimated per share gain of $1.17 related to the sale of the IQOS Tobacco Heating System commercialization rights that we expect to occur in the second quarter of 2024.

Our full-year adjusted diluted EPS guidance range excludes the impact of certain income and expense items that our management believes are not part of underlying operations. These items may include, for example, loss on early extinguishment of debt, restructuring charges, asset impairment charges, acquisition, disposition and integration-related items, equity investment-related special items, certain income tax items, charges associated with tobacco and health and certain other litigation items, and resolutions of certain non-participating manufacturer (NPM) adjustment disputes under the MSA (NPM Adjustment Items). See Table 1 below for the income and expense items for the first quarter of 2024.

Our management cannot estimate on a forward-looking basis the impact of certain income and expense items, including those items noted in the preceding paragraph, on our reported diluted EPS because these items, which could be significant, may be unusual or infrequent, are difficult to predict and may be highly variable. As a result, we do not provide a corresponding U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) measure for, or reconciliation to, our adjusted diluted EPS guidance.

ALTRIA GROUP, INC.

See "Basis of Presentation" below for an explanation of financial measures and reporting segments discussed in this release.

Financial Performance

 

Table 1 - Altria's Adjusted Results

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Quarter

 

2024

2023

Change

Reported diluted EPS

$

1.21

 

$

1.00

 

21.0

%

Tobacco and health and certain other litigation items

 

0.01

 

 

0.04

 

 

Loss on disposition of JUUL equity securities

 

?

 

 

0.14

 

 

ABI-related special items

 

(0.04

)

 

(0.01

)

 

Cronos-related special items

 

0.01

 

 

0.01

 

 

Income tax items

 

(0.04

)

 

?

 

 

Adjusted diluted EPS

$

1.15

 

$

1.18

 

(2.5

)%

Note: For details of pre-tax, tax and after-tax amounts, see Schedule 5.

Special Items

The EPS impact of the following special items is shown in Table 1 and Schedules 4 and 5.

Tobacco and Health and Certain Other Litigation Items

In the first quarter of 2023, we recorded pre-tax charges of $111 million (or $0.04 per share), for tobacco and health and certain other litigation items and related interest costs.

Loss on Disposition of JUUL Equity Securities

As previously disclosed, in March 2023, we exchanged our entire minority economic interest in JUUL for a non-exclusive, irrevocable global license to certain of JUUL's heated tobacco intellectual property. As a result of this transaction, in the first quarter of 2023, we recorded a non-cash, pre-tax loss of $250 million (or $0.14 per share) related to the disposition of our JUUL equity securities.

We recorded corresponding adjustments to the JUUL tax valuation allowance in 2023.

ABI-Related Special Items

In the first quarter 2024, ABI-related special items included net pre-tax income of $86 million (or $0.04 per share) primarily related to our pre-tax gain on the partial sale of our investment in ABI, partially offset by transaction costs.

The ABI-related special items include our respective share of the amounts recorded by ABI and additional adjustments related to (i) the conversion of ABI-related special items from international financial reporting standards to GAAP and (ii) adjustments to our investment required under the equity method of accounting.

Income Tax Items

In the first quarter 2024, we recorded income tax items of $71 million (or $0.04 per share), due primarily to an income tax benefit from the partial release of a valuation allowance in connection with the partial sale of our investment in ABI.

SMOKEABLE PRODUCTS

Revenues and OCI

 

Table 2 - Smokeable Products: Revenues and OCI ($ in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

First Quarter

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Change

Net revenues

$

4,906

 

$

5,090

 

(3.6

)%

Excise taxes

 

(834

)

 

(928

)

 

Revenues net of excise taxes

$

4,072

 

$

4,162

 

(2.2

)%

 

 

 

 

Reported OCI

$

2,439

 

$

2,503

 

(2.6

)%

NPM Adjustment Items

 

(6

)

 

?

 

 

Tobacco and health and certain other litigation items

 

18

 

 

12

 

 

Adjusted OCI

$

2,451

 

$

2,515

 

(2.5

)%

Reported OCI margins 1

 

59.9

%

 

60.1

%

(0.2) pp

Adjusted OCI margins 1

 

60.2

%

 

60.4

%

(0.2) pp

1 Reported and adjusted OCI margins are calculated as reported and adjusted OCI, respectively, divided by revenues net of excise taxes.

Shipment Volume

 

Table 3 - Smokeable Products: Reported Shipment Volume (sticks in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

First Quarter

 

2024

2023

Change

Cigarettes:

 

 

 

Marlboro

14,973

16,396

(8.7

)%

Other premium

747

825

(9.5

)%

Discount

730

1,048

(30.3

)%

Total cigarettes

16,450

18,269

(10.0

)%

 

 

 

 

Cigars:

 

 

 

Black & Mild

417

443

(5.9

)%

Other

?

1

(100.0

)%

Total cigars

417

444

(6.1

)%

 

 

 

 

Total smokeable products

16,867

18,713

(9.9

)%

Note: Cigarettes volume includes units sold as well as promotional units but excludes units sold for distribution to Puerto Rico, U.S. Territories to overseas military and by Philip Morris Duty Free Inc., none of which, individually or in the aggregate, is material to our smokeable products segment.

Retail Share and Brand Activity

 

Table 4 - Smokeable Products: Cigarettes Retail Share (percent)

 

 

First Quarter

 

2024

2023

Percentage
point
change

Cigarettes:

 

 

 

Marlboro

42.0

%

42.0

%

?

 

Other premium

2.3

 

2.3

 

?

 

Discount

2.1

 

2.7

 

(0.6

)

Total cigarettes

46.4

%

47.0

%

(0.6

)

Note: Retail share results for cigarettes are based on data from Circana, LLC (Circana) as well as, MSAi. Circana maintains a blended retail service that uses a sample of stores and certain wholesale shipments to project market share and depict share trends. Similar to prior reporting, this service tracks sales in the food, drug, mass merchandisers, convenience, military, dollar store and club trade classes. For other trade classes selling cigarettes, retail share is based on shipments from wholesalers to retailers through the Store Tracking Analytical Reporting System (STARS), as provided by MSAi. This service is not designed to capture sales through other channels, including the internet, direct mail and some illicitly tax-advantaged outlets. It is the standard practice of retail services to periodically refresh their retail scan services, which could restate retail share results that were previously released in these services.

ORAL TOBACCO PRODUCTS

Revenues and OCI

 

Table 5 - Oral Tobacco Products: Revenues and OCI ($ in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

First Quarter

 

2024

2023

Change

Net revenues

$

651

 

$

628

 

3.7

%

Excise taxes

 

(25

)

 

(28

)

 

Revenues net of excise taxes

$

626

 

$

600

 

4.3

%

 

 

 

 

Reported and adjusted OCI

$

435

 

$

416

 

4.6

%

Reported and adjusted OCI margins 1

 

69.5

%

 

69.3

%

0.2 pp

1 Reported and adjusted OCI margins are calculated as reported and adjusted OCI, respectively, divided by revenues net of excise taxes.

Shipment Volume

 

Table 6 - Oral Tobacco Products: Reported Shipment Volume (cans and packs in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

First Quarter

 

2024

2023

Change

Copenhagen

99.1

109.0

(9.1

)%

Skoal

36.7

40.3

(8.9

)%

on!

33.3

25.2

32.1

%

Other

15.5

16.1

(3.7

)%

Total oral tobacco products

184.6

190.6

(3.1

)%

Note: Volume includes cans and packs sold, as well as promotional units, but excludes international volume, which is currently not material to our oral tobacco products segment. New types of oral tobacco products, as well as new packaging configurations of existing oral tobacco products, may or may not be equivalent to existing MST products on a can-for-can basis. To calculate volumes of cans and packs shipped, one pack of snus or one can of oral nicotine pouches, irrespective of the number of pouches in the pack, is assumed to be equivalent to one can of MST.

Retail Share and Brand Activity

 

Table 7 - Oral Tobacco Products: Retail Share (percent)

 

 

 

 

 

First Quarter

 

2024

2023

Percentage
point
change

Copenhagen

20.1

%

25.3

%

(5.2

)

Skoal

8.0

 

10.1

 

(2.1

)

on!

7.1

 

6.4

 

0.7

 

Other

2.6

 

3.1

 

(0.5

)

Total oral tobacco products

37.8

%

44.9

%

(7.1

)

Note: Our oral tobacco products segment's retail share results exclude international volume, which is currently not material to our oral tobacco products segment. Retail share results for oral tobacco products are based on data from Circana, a tracking service that uses a sample of stores to project market share and depict share trends. This service tracks sales in the food, drug, mass merchandisers, convenience, military, dollar store and club trade classes on the number of cans and packs sold. Oral tobacco products are defined by Circana as moist smokeless, snus and oral nicotine pouches. New types of oral tobacco products, as well as new packaging configurations of existing oral tobacco products, may or may not be equivalent to existing MST products on a can-for-can basis. For example, one pack of snus or one can of oral nicotine pouches, irrespective of the number of pouches in the pack, is assumed to be equivalent to one can of MST. Because this service represents retail share performance only in key trade channels, it should not be considered a precise measurement of actual retail share. It is the standard practice of retail services to periodically refresh their retail scan services, which could restate retail share results that were previously released in these services.

Altria's Profile

We have a leading portfolio of tobacco products for U.S. tobacco consumers age 21+. Our Vision is to responsibly lead the transition of adult smokers to a smoke-free future (Vision). We are Moving Beyond Smokingtm, leading the way in moving adult smokers away from cigarettes by taking action to transition millions to potentially less harmful choices - believing it is a substantial opportunity for adult tobacco consumers, our businesses and society.

Our wholly owned subsidiaries include leading manufacturers of both combustible and smoke-free products. In combustibles, we own Philip Morris USA Inc. (PM USA), the most profitable U.S. cigarette manufacturer, and John Middleton Co. (Middleton), a leading U.S. cigar manufacturer. Our smoke-free portfolio includes ownership of U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC (USSTC), the leading global moist smokeless tobacco (MST) manufacturer, Helix Innovations LLC (Helix), a leading manufacturer of oral nicotine pouches, and NJOY, LLC (NJOY), currently the only e-vapor manufacturer to receive market authorizations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a pod-based e-vapor product.

Additionally, we have a majority-owned joint venture, Horizon Innovations LLC (Horizon), for the U.S. marketing and commercialization of heated tobacco stick products.

Our equity investments include Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (ABI), the world's largest brewer, and Cronos Group Inc. (Cronos), a leading Canadian cannabinoid company.

The brand portfolios of our operating companies include Marlboro®, Black & Mild®, Copenhagen®, Skoal®, on!® and NJOY®. Trademarks related to Altria referenced in this release are the property of Altria or our subsidiaries or are used with permission.

Learn more about Altria at www.altria.com and follow us on X (formerly known as Twitter), Facebook and LinkedIn.

Basis of Presentation

We report our financial results in accordance with GAAP. Our management reviews OCI, which is defined as operating income before general corporate expenses and amortization of intangibles, to evaluate the performance of, and allocate resources to, our segments. Our management also reviews certain financial results, including OCI, OCI margins and diluted EPS, on an adjusted basis, which excludes certain income and expense items, including those items noted under "2024 Full-Year Guidance." Our management does not view any of these special items to be part of our underlying results as they may be highly variable, may be unusual or infrequent, are difficult to predict and can distort underlying business trends and results. Our management believes that adjusted financial measures provide useful additional insight into underlying business trends and results, and provide a more meaningful comparison of year-over-year results. Our management uses adjusted financial measures for planning, forecasting and evaluating business and financial performance, including allocating capital and other resources and evaluating results relative to employee compensation targets. These adjusted financial measures are not required by, or calculated in accordance with, GAAP and may not be calculated the same as similarly titled measures used by other companies. These adjusted financial measures should thus be considered as supplemental in nature and not considered in isolation or as a substitute for the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. We provide reconciliations of historical adjusted financial measures to corresponding GAAP measures in this release.

We use the equity method of accounting for our investment in ABI and Cronos and report our share of ABI's and Cronos's results using a one-quarter lag because ABI's and Cronos's results are not available in time for us to record them in the concurrent period. The one-quarter reporting lag for ABI and Cronos does not affect our cash flows. We accounted for our former investment in the equity securities of JUUL at fair value.

Our reportable segments are (i) smokeable products, consisting of combustible cigarettes and machine-made large cigars, and (ii) oral tobacco products, consisting of MST, snus and oral nicotine pouches. We have included results for NJOY, Horizon, Helix International, and other business activities, substantially all of which consist of research and development expense related to certain new product platforms and technologies in "All Other." Comparisons are to the corresponding prior-year period unless otherwise stated.

Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements

This release contains projections of future results and other forward-looking statements that are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties and are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Important factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements included in this release are described in our publicly filed reports, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. These factors include the following:

You should understand that it is not possible to predict or identify all factors and risks. Consequently, you should not consider the foregoing list complete. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that we may make from time to time except as required by applicable law. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to Altria or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements referenced above.

 

Schedule 1

ALTRIA GROUP, INC.

and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Earnings

For the Quarters Ended March 31,

(dollars in millions, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2024

 

2023

 

% Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net revenues

$

5,576

 

 

$

5,719

 

 

(2.5

)%

Cost of sales 1

 

1,437

 

 

 

1,434

 

 

 

Excise taxes on products 1

 

859

 

 

 

956

 

 

 

Gross profit

 

3,280

 

 

 

3,329

 

 

(1.5

)%

Marketing, administration and research costs

 

467

 

 

 

419

 

 

 

Operating companies income

 

2,813

 

 

 

2,910

 

 

(3.3

)%

Amortization of intangibles

 

27

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

General corporate expenses

 

112

 

 

 

135

 

 

 

Operating income

 

2,674

 

 

 

2,757

 

 

(3.0

)%

Interest and other debt expense, net

 

254

 

 

 

229

 

 

 

Net periodic benefit income, excluding service cost

 

(24

)

 

 

(31

)

 

 

(Income) losses from investments in equity securities 1

 

(295

)

 

 

80

 

 

 

Earnings before income taxes

 

2,739

 

 

 

2,479

 

 

10.5

%

Provision for income taxes

 

610

 

 

 

692

 

 

 

Net earnings

$

2,129

 

 

$

1,787

 

 

19.1

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Per share data:

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per share

$

1.21

 

 

$

1.00

 

 

21.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding

 

1,758

 

 

 

1,786

 

 

(1.6

)%

1 Cost of sales includes charges for resolution expenses related to state settlement agreements and FDA user fees. Supplemental information concerning those items, excise taxes on products sold and (income) losses from investments in equity securities is shown in Schedule 3.

 

 

 

 

Schedule 2

ALTRIA GROUP, INC.

and Subsidiaries

Selected Financial Data

For the Quarters Ended March 31,

(dollars in millions)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Revenues

 

Smokeable
Products

Oral
Tobacco
Products

All Other

Total

2024

$

4,906

 

$

651

 

$

19

 

$

5,576

 

2023

 

5,090

 

 

628

 

 

1

 

 

5,719

 

% Change

 

(3.6

)%

 

3.7

%

100%+

 

(2.5

)%

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation:

 

 

 

 

For the quarter ended March 31, 2023

$

5,090

 

$

628

 

$

1

 

$

5,719

 

Operations

 

(184

)

 

23

 

 

18

 

 

(143

)

For the quarter ended March 31, 2024

$

4,906

 

$

651

 

$

19

 

$

5,576

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Companies Income (Loss)

 

Smokeable
Products

Oral
Tobacco
Products

All Other

Total

2024

$

2,439

 

$

435

 

$

(61

)

$

2,813

 

2023

 

2,503

 

 

416

 

 

(9

)

 

2,910

 

% Change

 

(2.6

)%

 

4.6

%

(100%+)

 

(3.3

)%

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation:

 

 

 

 

For the quarter ended March 31, 2023

$

2,503

 

$

416

 

$

(9

)

$

2,910

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tobacco and health and certain other litigation items - 2023

 

12

 

 

?

 

 

?

 

 

12

 

 

 

12

 

 

?

 

 

?

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

NPM Adjustment Items - 2024

 

6

 

 

?

 

 

?

 

 

6

 

Tobacco and health and certain other litigation items - 2024

 

(18

)

 

?

 

 

?

 

 

(18

)

 

 

(12

)

 

?

 

 

?

 

 

(12

)

Operations

 

(64

)

 

19

 

 

(52

)

 

(97

)

For the quarter ended March 31, 2024

$

2,439

 

$

435

 

$

(61

)

$

2,813

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule 3

ALTRIA GROUP, INC.

and Subsidiaries

Supplemental Financial Data

(dollars in millions)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the Quarters Ended
March 31,

 

2024

 

2023

The segment detail of excise taxes on products sold is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smokeable products

$

834

 

 

$

928

 

Oral tobacco products

 

25

 

 

 

28

 

 

$

859

 

 

$

956

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The segment detail of charges for resolution expenses related to state settlement agreements included in cost of sales is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smokeable products

$

855

 

 

$

894

 

Oral tobacco products

 

3

 

 

 

3

 

 

$

858

 

 

$

897

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The segment detail of FDA user fees included in cost of sales is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smokeable products

$

60

 

 

$

63

 

Oral tobacco products

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

$

61

 

 

$

64

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The detail of (income) losses from investments in equity securities is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABI

$

(313

)

 

$

(205

)

Cronos

 

18

 

 

 

35

 

JUUL

 

?

 

 

 

250

 

 

$

(295

)

 

$

80

 

 

Schedule 4

ALTRIA GROUP, INC.

and Subsidiaries

Net Earnings and Diluted Earnings Per Share

For the Quarters Ended March 31,

(dollars in millions, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Earnings

 

Diluted EPS

2024 Net Earnings

$

2,129

 

 

$

1.21

 

2023 Net Earnings

$

1,787

 

 

$

1.00

 

% Change

 

19.1

%

 

 

21.0

%

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation:

 

 

 

2023 Net Earnings

$

1,787

 

 

$

1.00

 

 

 

 

 

2023 Acquisition and disposition-related items

 

(12

)

 

 

?

 

2023 Tobacco and health and certain other litigation items

 

84

 

 

 

0.04

 

2023 Loss on disposition of JUUL equity securities

 

250

 

 

 

0.14

 

2023 ABI-related special items

 

(20

)

 

 

(0.01

)

2023 Cronos-related special items

 

26

 

 

 

0.01

 

2023 Income tax items

 

3

 

 

 

?

 

Subtotal 2023 special items

 

331

 

 

 

0.18

 

 

 

 

 

2024 NPM Adjustment Items

 

5

 

 

 

?

 

2024 Tobacco and health and certain other litigation items

 

(19

)

 

 

(0.01

)

2024 ABI-related special items

 

67

 

 

 

0.04

 

2024 Cronos-related special items

 

(17

)

 

 

(0.01

)

2024 Income tax items

 

71

 

 

 

0.04

 

Subtotal 2024 special items

 

107

 

 

 

0.06

 

 

 

 

 

Fewer shares outstanding

 

?

 

 

 

0.02

 

Change in tax rate

 

6

 

 

 

?

 

Operations

 

(102

)

 

 

(0.05

)

2024 Net Earnings

$

2,129

 

 

$

1.21

 

 

Schedule 5

ALTRIA GROUP, INC.

and Subsidiaries

Reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP Measures

For the Quarters Ended March 31,

(dollars in millions, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings
before Income
Taxes

 

Provision
for Income
Taxes

 

Net
Earnings

 

Diluted
EPS

2024 Reported

$

2,739

 

 

$

610

 

 

$

2,129

 

 

$

1.21

 

NPM Adjustment Items

 

(6

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(5

)

 

 

?

 

Tobacco and health and certain other litigation items

 

24

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

0.01

 

ABI-related special items

 

(86

)

 

 

(19

)

 

 

(67

)

 

 

(0.04

)

Cronos-related special items

 

17

 

 

 

?

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

0.01

 

Income tax items

 

?

 

 

 

71

 

 

 

(71

)

 

 

(0.04

)

2024 Adjusted for Special Items

$

2,688

 

 

$

666

 

 

$

2,022

 

 

$

1.15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2023 Reported

$

2,479

 

 

$

692

 

 

$

1,787

 

 

$

1.00

 

Acquisition and disposition-related items

 

(17

)

 

 

(5

)

 

 

(12

)

 

 

?

 

Tobacco and health and certain other litigation items

 

111

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

84

 

 

 

0.04

 

Loss on disposition of JUUL equity securities

 

250

 

 

 

?

 

 

 

250

 

 

 

0.14

 

ABI-related special items

 

(25

)

 

 

(5

)

 

 

(20

)

 

 

(0.01

)

Cronos-related special items

 

26

 

 

 

?

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

0.01

 

Income tax items

 

?

 

 

 

(3

)

 

 

3

 

 

 

?

 

2023 Adjusted for Special Items

$

2,824

 

 

$

706

 

 

$

2,118

 

 

$

1.18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2024 Reported Net Earnings

 

 

 

 

$

2,129

 

 

$

1.21

 

2023 Reported Net Earnings

 

 

 

 

$

1,787

 

 

$

1.00

 

% Change

 

 

 

 

19.1

%

 

21.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2024 Net Earnings Adjusted for Special Items

 

 

 

 

$

2,022

 

 

$

1.15

 

2023 Net Earnings Adjusted for Special Items

 

 

 

 

$

2,118

 

 

$

1.18

 

% Change

 

 

 

 

(4.5

)%

 

(2.5

)%

 

Schedule 6

ALTRIA GROUP, INC.

and Subsidiaries

Reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP Measures

For the Year Ended December 31, 2023

(dollars in millions, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings
before Income
Taxes

Provision
for Income
Taxes

Net
Earnings

Diluted
EPS

2023 Reported

$

10,928

 

$

2,798

 

$

8,130

 

$

4.57

 

NPM Adjustment Items

 

(50

)

 

(12

)

 

(38

)

 

(0.02

)

Acquisition, disposition and integration-related items

 

35

 

 

9

 

 

26

 

 

0.01

 

Tobacco and health and certain other litigation items

 

430

 

 

107

 

 

323

 

 

0.18

 

Loss on disposition of JUUL equity securities

 

250

 

 

?

 

 

250

 

 

0.14

 

ABI-related special items

 

89

 

 

19

 

 

70

 

 

0.03

 

Cronos-related special items

 

29

 

 

?

 

 

29

 

 

0.02

 

Income tax items

 

?

 

 

(32

)

 

32

 

 

0.02

 

2023 Adjusted for Special Items

$

11,711

 

$

2,889

 

$

8,822

 

$

4.95

 

 

Schedule 7

ALTRIA GROUP, INC.

and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(dollars in millions)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2024

 

December 31, 2023

Assets

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

3,608

 

 

$

3,686

 

Inventories

 

1,241

 

 

 

1,215

 

Other current assets

 

349

 

 

 

684

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

1,624

 

 

 

1,652

 

Goodwill and other intangible assets, net

 

20,384

 

 

 

20,477

 

Investments in equity securities

 

8,396

 

 

 

10,011

 

Other long-term assets

 

873

 

 

 

845

 

Total assets

$

36,475

 

 

$

38,570

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)

 

 

 

Current portion of long-term debt

$

?

 

 

$

1,121

 

Accrued settlement charges

 

3,420

 

 

 

2,563

 

Deferred gain from the sale of IQOS System commercialization rights

 

2,700

 

 

 

2,700

 

Other current liabilities

 

4,815

 

 

 

4,935

 

Long-term debt

 

25,042

 

 

 

25,112

 

Deferred income taxes

 

2,699

 

 

 

2,799

 

Accrued pension costs

 

128

 

 

 

130

 

Accrued postretirement health care costs

 

1,079

 

 

 

1,079

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

1,656

 

 

 

1,621

 

Total liabilities

 

41,539

 

 

 

42,060

 

Total stockholders' equity (deficit) attributable to Altria

 

(5,114

)

 

 

(3,540

)

Noncontrolling interest

 

50

 

 

 

50

 

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit)

$

36,475

 

 

$

38,570

 

 

 

 

 

Total debt

$

25,042

 

 

$

26,233

 

 
 

Schedule 8

ALTRIA GROUP, INC.

and Subsidiaries

Supplemental Financial Data for Special Items

For the Quarters Ended March 31,

(dollars in millions)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of
Sales

Marketing,
administration
and research
costs

General
corporate
expenses

Interest and
other debt
(income)
expense, net

(Income) losses
from
investments in
equity securities

2024 Special Items - (Income) Expense

 

 

 

 

 

NPM Adjustment Items

$

(6

)

$

?

$

?

$

?

 

$

?

 

Tobacco and health and certain other litigation items

 

?

 

 

18

 

6

 

?

 

 

?

 

ABI-related special items

 

?

 

 

?

 

59

 

3

 

 

(148

)

Cronos-related special items

 

?

 

 

?

 

?

 

?

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2023 Special Items - (Income) Expense

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition and disposition-related items

 

?

 

 

?

 

3

 

(20

)

 

?

 

Tobacco and health and certain other litigation items

 

?

 

 

12

 

98

 

1

 

 

?

 

Loss on disposition of JUUL equity securities

 

?

 

 

?

 

?

 

?

 

 

250

 

ABI-related special items

 

?

 

 

?

 

?

 

?

 

 

(25

)

Cronos-related special items

 

?

 

 

?

 

?

 

?

 

 

26

 

Note: This schedule is intended to provide supplemental financial data for certain income and expense items that management believes are not part of underlying operations and their presentation in Altria's consolidated statements of earnings. This schedule is not intended to provide, or reconcile, non-GAAP financial measures.


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