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 announced 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, July 30th 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 1.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 30th. The company reported $1.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.10. The company had revenue of $5.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.08 billion. Altria Group had a net margin of 25.04% and a return on equity of 51.53%. The company's revenue was up 6.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.01 EPS. 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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 31st 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 updated its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Wednesday, September, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.19-4.27 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.18.

14 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Altria Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $44.00 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate Altria Group's share price to reach $55.35 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.9% 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 7 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Altria Group.

Media stories about MO stock have been trending somewhat positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Altria Group earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Altria Group.

Altria Group saw a drop in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 14,720,000 shares, a drop 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 short-interest ratio is currently 1.4 days. Approximately 0.8% of the shares of the company 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).

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 many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.11%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.11%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.03%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%) and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.03%). 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, Stephens Inc. AR, CX Institutional, Northwest Bancshares Inc. and CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Quattro Financial Advisors LLC, Northstar Investment Advisors LLC, Winmill & CO. Inc. and Oakbrook Investments LLC. 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 $44.33.

Altria Group has a market capitalization of $82.81 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.