NYSE:MOAltria Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Altria Group's stock was trading at $40.48 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MO shares have decreased by 0.5% and is now trading at $40.27. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Altria Group in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Altria Group.

Altria Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Altria Group.

Altria Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, July 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The company reported $1.09 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.11. The company earned $4.33 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.51 billion. Altria Group had a positive return on equity of 84.55% and a negative net margin of 3.33%. The company's revenue was up 16.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.90 EPS. View Altria Group's earnings history.

Altria Group declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.84 per share on Friday, July 10th. This represents a $3.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 8.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 12th. View Altria Group's dividend history.

Altria Group declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback 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 purchase up to 1.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

16 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Altria Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate Altria Group's stock price to reach $50.29 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Altria Group.

Media coverage about MO stock has been trending negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Altria Group earned a coverage optimism score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Altria Group.

Altria Group saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 12,690,000 shares, a drop of 21.9% from the May 31st total of 16,250,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 12,660,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.0 days. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Altria Group's Current Options Chain.

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

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

Altria Group's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.07%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Moody National Bank Trust Division (0.01%), Whittier Trust Co. (0.01%), OmniStar Financial Group Inc. (0.00%) and Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. (0.00%). Company insiders that own Altria Group stock include Dinyar S Devitre, Ivan S Feldman, Jody L Begley, Nabil Y Sakkab 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 Exane Derivatives, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Fulton Bank N. A., Red Door Wealth Management LLC, FLC Capital Advisors, Cypress Capital Group, Forte Capital LLC ADV, and Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO. View insider buying and selling activity for Altria Group.

MO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including OmniStar Financial Group Inc., Canandaigua National Corp, HNP Capital LLC, E&G Advisors LP, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Northwest Quadrant Wealth Management LLC, N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC, and Park National Corp OH. View insider buying and selling activity for Altria Group.

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One share of MO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.27.

Altria Group has a market capitalization of $74.84 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.

The official website for Altria Group is 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.