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 announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 22nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 16th will be given a dividend of $0.84 per share on Thursday, October 10th. This represents a $3.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.21%. 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 approved a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, July 30th 2019, which allows the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 1.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) issued its quarterly earnings data 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 firm had revenue of $5.41 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.34 billion. Altria Group had a return on equity of 56.17% and a net margin of 7.00%. Altria Group's revenue was up 2.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.08 EPS. 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 updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 31st. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.19-4.27 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.19.

13 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Altria Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $44.00 to $68.00. On average, they expect Altria Group's share price to reach $54.35 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.6% 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.

News articles about MO stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Altria Group earned a coverage optimism score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect 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), Vector Group (VGR), Universal (UVV), Alliance One International (AOI) and Lorillard (LO).

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 purchased 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 $46.63.

Altria Group has a market capitalization of $87.11 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.