Altria Group - MO Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Altria Group in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" MO shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MO, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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11 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Altria Group's shares. Their MO share price forecasts range from $36.00 to $57.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $46.64 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.1%.
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Altria Group's stock was trading at $47.39 at the start of the year. Since then, MO shares have increased by 0.5% and is now trading at $47.63.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 26th 2023.
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Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 27th. The company reported $1.28 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.30 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $5.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.59 billion. Altria Group had a net margin of 18.61% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 345.98%. Altria Group's quarterly revenue was down 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.22 EPS.
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Altria Group declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 25th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.94 per share on Tuesday, October 11th. This represents a $3.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.89%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 14th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.90.
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Altria Group (NYSE:MO) pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 8.00%. MO has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 12 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 146.30%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, MO will have a dividend payout ratio of 74.31% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Altria Group declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, January 28th 2021, which permits the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 2.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Altria Group updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.81-$4.89 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.85. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

15 employees have rated Altria Group Chief Executive Officer Billy Gifford on Glassdoor.com. Billy Gifford has an approval rating of 78% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Altria Group investors own include AT&T (T), Philip Morris International (PM), AbbVie (ABBV), Coca-Cola (KO), Verizon Communications (VZ), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Pfizer (PFE), Intel (INTC) and Bank of America (BAC).

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

Altria Group's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.88%), BlackRock Inc. (7.38%), State Street Corp (3.99%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.37%), Fayez Sarofim & Co (0.71%) and Two Sigma Advisers LP (0.40%).
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Shares of MO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.63.

Altria Group (NYSE:MO) has a market capitalization of $85.36 billion and generates $26.01 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.48 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.57 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 6,000 workers across the globe.

Altria Group's mailing address is 6601 WEST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND VA, 23230. The official website for the company is www.altria.com. The company can be reached via phone at (804) 274-2200 or via fax at 804-484-8231.