Altria Group Stock Price, News & 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 given a dividend of $0.84 per share on Thursday, October 10th. This represents a $3.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.64%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 13th. This is an increase from Altria Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.80. View Altria Group's Dividend History.

Altria Group declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan 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 buy up to 1.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 30th. The company reported $1.10 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $1.10. The company earned $5.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.08 billion. Altria Group had a return on equity of 51.53% and a net margin of 25.04%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.01 earnings per share. View Altria Group's Earnings History.

Altria Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 31st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Altria Group.

Altria Group issued an update on its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Wednesday, September, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.19-4.27 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.18.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Altria Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $44.00 to $68.00. On average, they expect Altria Group's stock price to reach $55.26 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 25.7% 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 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Altria Group.

Media stories about MO stock have been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Altria Group earned a news impact score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Altria Group.

Altria Group saw a decline in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 14,720,000 shares, a decline of 5.1% from the August 15th total of 15,510,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 10,440,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Approximately 0.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Altria Group's Current Options Chain.

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), Philip Morris International (PM), Verizon Communications (VZ), The Coca-Cola (KO), AbbVie (ABBV), Bank of America (BAC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), General Electric (GE) and Ford Motor (F).

Altria Group's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.11%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.03%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.02%) and Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.02%). 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Rockland Trust Co., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, CX Institutional, Northwest Bancshares Inc., CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC and City Holding Co.. 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 Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Quattro Financial Advisors LLC, Northstar Investment Advisors LLC, Winmill & CO. Inc., Ellenbecker Investment Group, Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC and Pacer Advisors 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 $43.98.

Altria Group has a market capitalization of $82.15 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.