NYSE:MO - Altria Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Altria Group announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 12th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.84 per share on Friday, January 10th. This represents a $3.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.44%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 24th. View Altria Group's Dividend History.

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

Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 30th. The company reported $1.02 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $1.02. The business earned $4.80 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.89 billion. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up .3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.95 EPS. View Altria Group's Earnings History.

Altria Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Altria Group.

Altria Group updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 30th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.39-4.51 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.43.

14 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Altria Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $48.00 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate Altria Group's share price to reach $55.19 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Altria Group.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Altria Group in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 9 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 positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of 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 negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Altria Group earned a news sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories 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 several days. View News Stories for Altria Group.

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Altria Group's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (4.25%), State Street Corp (4.08%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.10%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.82%), Franklin Resources Inc. (0.41%) and American International Group Inc. (0.40%). Company insiders that own Altria Group stock include Brian W Quigley, Dinyar S Devitre, Ivan S Feldman, 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 Renaissance Technologies LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, State Street Corp, Eagle Asset Management Inc., Gardner Russo & Gardner LLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. and Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC. 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 FMR LLC, Sculptor Capital LP, Eaton Vance Management, American International Group Inc., Lido Advisors LLC, Van ECK Associates Corp, Toronto Dominion Bank and Coho Partners Ltd.. 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 $45.17.