NYSE:MOAltria Group Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Altria Group Inc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $40.06 +1.58 (+4.11 %) (As of 04/8/2020 03:21 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$38.62Now: $40.06▼$40.2050-Day Range$31.38MA: $39.89▼$45.8952-Week Range$30.95Now: $40.06▼$57.11Volume6.41 million shsAverage Volume12.47 million shsMarket Capitalization$74.45 billionP/E RatioN/ADividend Yield9.01%Beta0.5 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media Altria Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells cigarettes, smokeless products, and wine in the United States. It offers cigarettes primarily under the Marlboro brand; cigars principally under the Black & Mild brand; and moist smokeless tobacco products under the Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, and Husky brands. The company also produces and sells varietal and blended table wines, and sparkling wines under the Chateau Ste. Michelle, Columbia Crest, and 14 Hands names; and imports and markets Antinori, Torres, and Villa Maria Estate wines, as well as Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte in the United States. In addition, it provides finance leasing services primarily in transportation, aircraft, power generation, real estate, and manufacturing industries. The company sells its tobacco products primarily to wholesalers, including distributors; large retail organizations, such as chain stores; and the armed services. Altria Group, Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 4.4 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingAltria Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.73, and is based on 11 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $51.67, Altria Group has a potential upside of 28.7% from its current price of $40.13.Amount of Analyst CoverageAltria Group has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock. Previous Next 2.7 Community Rank Outperform VotesAltria Group has received 782 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesAltria Group has received 647 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentAltria Group has received 54.72% “outperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Altria Group and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe MO will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe MO will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 4.2 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipAltria Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 9.01%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthAltria Group has been increasing its dividend for 11 years.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Altria Group is 79.62 %. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, Altria Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 72.57 % next year. This indicates that Altria Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend. Previous Next 1.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Altria Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 0.11% of the stock of Altria Group is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions63.26% of the stock of Altria Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 0.6 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Altria Group are expected to grow by 5.71% in the coming year, from $4.38 to $4.63 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Altria Group is -55.74, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Altria Group is -55.74, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.Price to Earnings Growth RatioAltria Group has a PEG Ratio of 1.35. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioAltria Group has a P/B Ratio of 11.87. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 4.4Community Rank: 2.7Dividend Strength: 4.2Insider Behavior: 1.0Valuation: 0.6 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™2.57 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Cigarettes Sub-IndustryTobacco SectorConsumer Staples Current SymbolNYSE:MO Previous Symbol CUSIP02209S10 CIK764180 Webhttp://www.altria.com/ Phone804-274-2200Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio4.28 Current Ratio0.59 Quick Ratio0.31Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E RatioN/A Forward P/E Ratio9.15 P/E Growth1.35 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$25.11 billion Price / Sales2.96 Cash Flow$4.65 per share Price / Cash Flow8.61 Book Value$3.38 per share Price / Book11.85Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$4.22 Net Income$-1,293,000,000.00 Net Margins-5.15% Return on Equity67.74% Return on Assets14.08%Miscellaneous Employees7,300 Outstanding Shares1,858,367,000Market Cap$74.45 billion Next Earnings Date4/30/2020 (Confirmed) OptionableOptionable Receive MO News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for MO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. MO Rates by TradingView Altria Group (NYSE:MO) Frequently Asked Questions How has Altria Group's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Altria Group's stock was trading at $40.48 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MO stock has decreased by 0.9% and is now trading at $40.13. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Altria Group? 15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Altria Group in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Altria Group. When is Altria Group's next earnings date? Altria Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 30th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Altria Group. How can I listen to Altria Group's earnings call? Altria Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available. How were Altria Group's earnings last quarter? Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 30th. The company reported $1.02 EPS for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.02. The business had revenue of $4.80 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.89 billion. Altria Group had a negative net margin of 5.15% and a positive return on equity of 67.74%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up .3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.95 earnings per share. View Altria Group's earnings history. How often does Altria Group pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Altria Group? Altria Group announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 27th. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.84 per share on Thursday, April 30th. This represents a $3.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 8.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 24th. View Altria Group's dividend history. How will Altria Group's stock buyback program work? Altria Group declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, July 30th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 1.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued. What guidance has Altria Group issued on next quarter's earnings? Altria Group updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 19th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 4.39-4.51 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.43. What price target have analysts set for MO? 15 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Altria Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate Altria Group's stock price to reach $51.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 28.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Altria Group. What are Wall Street analysts saying about Altria Group stock? Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Altria Group stock: 1. Jefferies Financial Group Inc analysts commented, "NEW YORK (dpa-AFX Analyser) – Das Analysehaus Jefferies hat die Einstufung fur Altria auf Hold" mit einem Kursziel von 34 US-Dollar belassen. Die aktuelle Beschwerde der US-Regulierungsbehorde FTC gegen den Einstieg beim E-Zigarettenhersteller Juul habe zwar mittelfristig keinen Einfluss auf das Ergebnis, schrieb Analyst Owen Bennett in einer am Donnerstag vorliegenden Studie. Das durfte auf der Stimmung fur die Aktie und dem Vertrauen in das Management lasten./tav/mis Veroffentlichung der Original-Studie: 01.04.2020 / 20:10 / ET Erstmalige Weitergabe der Original-Studie: 01.04.2020 / 20:11 / ET Hinweis: Informationen zur Offenlegungspflicht bei Interessenkonflikten im Sinne von § 85 Abs. 1 WpHG, Art. 20 VO (EU) 596/2014 fur das genannte Analysten-Haus finden Sie unter http://web.dpa-afx.de/offenlegungspflicht/offenlegungs_pflicht.html." (4/2/2020) 2. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Altria, whose shares have underperformed the industry in the past six months, grapples with consistently declining cigarette shipment volumes. Stern FDA regulations combined with increased health consciousness has been taking a toll on the cigarette category. Notably, cigarette shipment volumes fell 4.4% year over year during fourth-quarter 2018, owing to lower cigarette industry volumes and decline in retail share. Going ahead, management expects cigarette industry volume to decline in the range of 3.5-5%. Additionally, the company’s wine category has been sluggish, thanks to stiff competition. Nevertheless, Altria has been gaining from the popularity of Smokeless products. To further bolster this category, the company recently invested in JUUL and Cronos. Pricing also continues to drive the company’s revenues. it has also embarked upon a cost reduction initiative to counter interest burden stemming from investments." (4/8/2019) Has Altria Group been receiving favorable news coverage? Press coverage about MO stock has trended very negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Altria Group earned a news impact score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutAltria Group. Are investors shorting Altria Group? Altria Group saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 15,196,400 shares, an increase of 17.9% from the February 27th total of 12,890,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 9,650,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.6 days. Currently, 0.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View Altria Group's Current Options Chain. Who are some of Altria Group's key competitors? 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). What other stocks do shareholders of Altria Group own? 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), Alibaba Group (BABA) and NVIDIA (NVDA). Who are Altria Group's key executives? Altria Group's management team includes the following people: Mr. Howard A. Willard III, BA (Hons), MBA, Chairman & CEO (Age 56)Mr. William F. Gifford Jr., Vice Chairman & CFO (Age 49)Mr. Murray R. Garnick, Exec. VP & Gen. Counsel (Age 59)Mr. Charles N. Whitaker, Sr. VP of HR, Compliance & Information Services and Chief Compliance Officer (Age 52)Mr. William Stephen Marshall, VP of Investor Relations What is Altria Group's stock symbol? Altria Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MO." Who are Altria Group's major shareholders? Altria Group's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Centre Asset Management LLC (0.01%), Grassi Investment Management (0.01%), Cypress Capital Group (0.00%), Fulton Bank N.A. (0.00%) and IBM Retirement Fund (0.00%). Company insiders that own Altria Group stock include Dinyar S Devitre, Ivan S Feldman, Jody L Begley, Mark Newman, Nabil Y Sakkab and W Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr. View institutional ownership trends for Altria Group. Which major investors are selling Altria Group stock? MO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lake Street Financial LLC, Private Trust Co. NA, Fulton Bank N.A., CWS Financial Advisors LLC, First Financial Bank Trust Division, Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY, Cullinan Associates Inc., and Cypress Capital Group. Company insiders that have sold Altria Group company stock in the last year include Jody L Begley, and W Hildebrandt Surgner, Jr. View insider buying and selling activity for Altria Group. Which major investors are buying Altria Group stock? MO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Centre Asset Management LLC, Grassi Investment Management, IBM Retirement Fund, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Forte Capital LLC ADV, F&V Capital Management LLC, Sound Income Strategies LLC, and IMS Capital Management. 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 activity for Altria Group. How do I buy shares of 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. What is Altria Group's stock price today? One share of MO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.13. How big of a company is Altria Group? Altria Group has a market capitalization of $74.58 billion and generates $25.11 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $-1,293,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $4.22 on an earnings per share basis. Altria Group employs 7,300 workers across the globe. View additional information about Altria Group. What is Altria Group's official website? The official website for Altria Group is http://www.altria.com/. How can I contact Altria Group? Altria Group's mailing address is 6601 WEST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND VA, 23230. The company can be reached via phone at 804-274-2200. This page was last updated on 4/8/2020 by MarketBeat.com StaffFeatured Article: Gap Down Stocks
