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MO vs. CRON, O, PM, SYY, T, VZ, UVV, BTI, TPB, and ISPR

Should you be buying Altria Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Altria Group include Cronos Group (CRON), Realty Income (O), Philip Morris International (PM), Sysco (SYY), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Universal (UVV), British American Tobacco (BTI), Turning Point Brands (TPB), and Ispire Technology (ISPR).

Altria Group vs. Its Competitors

Altria Group (NYSE:MO) and Cronos Group (NASDAQ:CRON) are related companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.

Altria Group currently has a consensus price target of $59.13, indicating a potential downside of 7.92%. Given Altria Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Altria Group is more favorable than Cronos Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Altria Group
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Cronos Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Altria Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cronos Group. Altria Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cronos Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Altria Group$24.02B4.49$11.26B$5.1712.42
Cronos Group$117.61M7.51$41.08M$0.0546.00

57.4% of Altria Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.7% of Cronos Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Altria Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Cronos Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Altria Group has a net margin of 37.24% compared to Cronos Group's net margin of 14.19%. Cronos Group's return on equity of -3.78% beat Altria Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Altria Group37.24% -295.26% 26.36%
Cronos Group 14.19%-3.78%-3.62%

Altria Group has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cronos Group has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Altria Group had 52 more articles in the media than Cronos Group. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Altria Group and 6 mentions for Cronos Group. Altria Group's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Cronos Group's score of -0.13 indicating that Altria Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Altria Group
46 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cronos Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Altria Group beats Cronos Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MO vs. The Competition

MetricAltria GroupTOBACCO IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$107.87B$58.59B$16.01B$20.63B
Dividend Yield6.36%4.46%3.17%3.65%
P/E Ratio12.4210.0718.6228.07
Price / Sales4.4944.2945.9276.23
Price / Cash11.9514.6914.6817.60
Price / Book-49.783.186.094.61
Net Income$11.26B$1.42B$681.87M$994.05M
7 Day Performance3.72%3.30%0.66%0.54%
1 Month Performance11.11%1.48%-3.27%-0.97%
1 Year Performance27.33%17.20%6.03%14.31%

Altria Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MO
Altria Group
4.0147 of 5 stars
$64.21
+1.0%
$59.13
-7.9%
+27.3%$107.87B$24.02B12.426,200Positive News
CRON
Cronos Group
0.9574 of 5 stars
$2.00
+2.3%
N/A+4.5%$770.98M$124.59M15.38450News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
O
Realty Income
2.7121 of 5 stars
$57.37
+1.4%
$61.15
+6.6%
-5.1%$51.83B$5.27B52.18400Trending News
Earnings Report
PM
Philip Morris International
3.99 of 5 stars
$163.28
+0.2%
$186.27
+14.1%
+46.7%$254.35B$39.06B31.0783,100Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
SYY
Sysco
4.5727 of 5 stars
$79.42
-0.6%
$85.54
+7.7%
+6.6%$38.48B$81.37B21.2876,000Positive News
T
AT&T
4.6923 of 5 stars
$27.65
-0.4%
$29.66
+7.3%
+44.1%$197.74B$123.98B15.71140,990Positive News
VZ
Verizon Communications
4.5776 of 5 stars
$42.97
+0.2%
$47.35
+10.2%
+5.8%$181.15B$134.79B10.0299,600Positive News
UVV
Universal
2.4003 of 5 stars
$53.43
-1.0%
N/A+0.1%$1.32B$2.95B14.1328,500Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
BTI
British American Tobacco
2.4771 of 5 stars
$55.52
+2.1%
$33.00
-40.6%
+59.2%$114.50B$33.06B11.4048,000Positive News
TPB
Turning Point Brands
2.9721 of 5 stars
$81.34
+0.5%
$76.67
-5.7%
+164.4%$1.45B$360.66M35.63430Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
ISPR
Ispire Technology
2.0456 of 5 stars
$2.77
+6.5%
$7.50
+170.8%
-66.9%$159.16M$151.91M-5.6869

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This page (NYSE:MO) was last updated on 8/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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