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

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

Altria Group announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 17th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.70 per share on Tuesday, July 10th. This represents a $2.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.61%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 14th. View Altria Group's Dividend History.

Altria Group announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, May 17th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 26th. The company reported $1.01 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $4.88 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.02 billion. Altria Group had a net margin of 42.00% and a return on equity of 48.88%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 3.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.85 earnings per share. View Altria Group's Earnings History.

Altria Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Altria Group.

Altria Group updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.94-4.03 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.99.

14 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Altria Group's shares. Their predictions range from $62.00 to $85.00. On average, they expect Altria Group's share price to reach $71.1777 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.1% 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 4 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Altria Group.

Altria Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 26,252,711 shares, an increase of 26.4% from the July 13th total of 20,766,999 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 8,096,794 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.2 days. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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).

Media coverage about MO stock has trended somewhat positive on Monday, according to Accern. Accern rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Altria Group earned a coverage optimism score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the company an impact score of 45.74 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for Altria Group.

Altria Group's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.35%), FMR LLC (1.98%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.16%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (0.98%), Morgan Stanley (0.87%) and Federated Investors Inc. PA (0.70%). Company insiders that own Altria Group stock include Brian W Quigley, Craig A Johnson, Dinyar S Devitre, George Munoz, James E Dillard III, Mark Newman, Martin J Barrington 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 Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Vontobel Asset Management Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Aviva PLC and OppenheimerFunds Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Altria Group company stock in the last year include Brian W Quigley, Craig A Johnson, Dinyar S Devitre, James E Dillard III and W Hildebrandt Surgner Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Altria Group.

MO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, FMR LLC, BlackRock Inc., Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., Voya Investment Management LLC, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Coho Partners Ltd.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $60.78.

Altria Group has a market capitalization of $111.32 billion and generates $25.58 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $10.22 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.38 on an earnings per share basis. Altria Group employs 8,300 workers across the globe.

Altria Group's mailing address is 6601 WEST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND VA, 23230. The company can be reached via phone at 804-274-2200.