Altria Group Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:MO)

Altria Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MO."

Altria Group declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 22nd. Investors of record on Monday, September 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.84 per share on Thursday, October 10th. This represents a $3.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.11%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 13th. This is a boost from Altria Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.80. View Altria Group's Dividend History.

Altria Group announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Tuesday, July 30th 2019, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 1.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The company reported $1.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.15 by $0.04. The business earned $5.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.34 billion. Altria Group had a return on equity of 56.17% and a net margin of 7.00%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 2.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.08 earnings per share. View Altria Group's Earnings History.

Altria Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Altria Group.

Altria Group issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 31st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.19-4.27 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.19.

13 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Altria Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $44.00 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate Altria Group's share price to reach $54.35 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Altria Group.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Altria Group in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Altria Group.

Headlines about MO stock have trended very positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Altria Group earned a news sentiment score of 3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Altria Group.

Some companies that are related to Altria Group include Philip Morris International (PM), British American Tobacco (BTI), Vector Group (VGR), mCig (MCIG) and White Fox Ventures (AWAW).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Altria Group investors own include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Philip Morris International (PM), AbbVie (ABBV), Bank of America (BAC), General Electric (GE), Ford Motor (F), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), NVIDIA (NVDA) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Altria Group's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.41%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.39%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.17%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.16%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%) and Eagle Asset Management Inc. (0.12%). Company insiders that own Altria Group stock include Brian W Quigley, Craig A Johnson, Dinyar S Devitre, Ivan S Feldman, James E Dillard III, Jody L Begley, Mark Newman, Nabil Y Sakkab, W Hildebrandt Surgner Jr and W Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Altria Group.

MO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, SG Americas Securities LLC, Mackay Shields LLC, Coho Partners Ltd., State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. Company insiders that have sold Altria Group company stock in the last year include Ivan S Feldman, Jody L Begley and W Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Altria Group.

MO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Retirement Systems of Alabama, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, First Trust Advisors LP, Foundry Partners LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Strs Ohio and Empire Life Investments Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Altria Group stock in the last two years include Mark Newman and Nabil Y Sakkab. View Insider Buying and Selling for Altria Group.

Shares of MO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.27.

Altria Group has a market capitalization of $88.30 billion and generates $25.36 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $6.96 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.99 on an earnings per share basis. Altria Group employs 8,300 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Altria Group.

The official website for Altria Group is http://www.altria.com/.

Altria Group's mailing address is 6601 WEST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND VA, 23230. The company can be reached via phone at 804-274-2200.