MO vs PM
Altria Group, Inc. (MO) and Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) are both filed with the SEC under Cigarettes. PM is 2.6× MO's size by market cap ($296.9B against $113.0B); PM trades at the higher fiscal-year P/E (26.2× against 16.4×); MO reports the higher net margin (29.8% against 27.9%); MO grew sales faster over three years (-2.5% against -20.4%); and over the past year PM returned +19.9% against MO's +8.7%.
| MO | PM | |
|---|---|---|
| Last close | $68.65 | $191.89 |
| Market cap | $113.0B | $296.9B |
| P/E (FY) | 16.4× | 26.2× |
| P/S | 4.9× | 7.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.2× | 20.2× |
| Gross margin | 62.5% | 67.1% |
| Operating margin | 42.5% | 36.6% |
| Net margin | 29.8% | 27.9% |
| Sales growth (3y) | -2.5% | -20.4% |
| EPS growth (3y) | +8.9% | +7.7% |
| Dividend yield | 6.2% | 2.9% |
| 1-year return | +8.7% | +19.9% |
Screener snapshot — prices as of 2026-08-28. Each side's last close is the most recent session the snapshot holds for that company, which can be an earlier one, and its 1-year return is measured to that close. Market caps struck on 2026-08-27. Last close, market cap and the 1-year return are price figures; every other row is computed over the company's latest filed fiscal year — FY2025 (ended 2025-12-31) for both.
Who holds them, and who has traded them
| MO | PM | |
|---|---|---|
| Institutional holders (13F) | 2,464 | 2,830 |
| Insider buyers − sellers (180d) | -3 | — |
| Congressional trades disclosed (180d) | 1 | 1 |
| Executive-branch officials on file — trades disclosed (180d) | 8 | 17 |
Counts only. The congressional figures count transactions dated in the trailing 180 days and disclosed in STOCK Act periodic transaction reports; amounts are filed as ranges and are never summed. The executive-branch figures count the same window of transactions, and they are scoped to one roster. The officials OGE posts for direct download. Insider buyers − sellers counts distinct people filing open-market Form 4 purchases minus distinct people filing open-market sales over the trailing 180 days, capped at ±5. — no open-market Form 4 purchases or sales in the window.
MO vs PM: common questions
- Is MO bigger than PM?
- PM carries the larger market cap — $296.9B against $113.0B, both struck on 2026-08-27.
- Which trades at a higher P/E, MO or PM?
- PM, at a fiscal-year 26.2× against 16.4× for MO. Both are price ÷ latest full-year diluted earnings per share, not a trailing-twelve-month P/E.
- How have MO and PM performed over the past year?
- PM returned +19.9% and MO +8.7%, measured on the trailing calendar year to the last close.
- How many institutions hold MO and PM?
- 2,464 13F filers report a position in MO and 2,830 in PM, on the latest quarter in the panel.
- Are MO and PM in the same industry?
- Both are filed with the SEC under Cigarettes, which is the classification this pairing is built on.
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Source: SPZCO — https://spzco.com/vs/mo-vs-pm