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Altria Group (MO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$78.58 +0.66 (+0.85%)
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About Altria Group Stock (NYSE:MO)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$77.87
▼
$78.80
50-Day Range
$66.89
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$78.09
52-Week Range
$54.70
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$79.87
Volume
801,058 shs
Average Volume
9.03 million shs
Market Capitalization
$130.71 billion
P/E Ratio
16.27
Dividend Yield
5.65%
Price Target
$71.67
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

Altria Group, Inc. is a U.S.-based tobacco and nicotine company whose businesses focus primarily on the domestic market. Its products include cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, cigars, oral nicotine products and e-vapor products.

Altria’s portfolio includes Marlboro cigarettes, made by Philip Morris USA; Copenhagen and Skoal smokeless tobacco products, made by U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company; and products from John Middleton and Helix Innovations. The company also owns NJOY, an e-vapor brand.

The company was established as Philip Morris Companies Inc. and adopted the Altria name in 2003. Altria’s business is distinct from Philip Morris International, which was spun off in 2008; Altria’s tobacco and nicotine operations are focused primarily on the United States.

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Altria Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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71st Percentile Overall Score

MO MarketRank™: 
3.527985319175 of 5 stars

Altria Group scored higher than 71% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 57th out of 169 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Altria Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.23, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

  • Downside Risk

    Altria Group has a consensus price target of $71.67, representing about 8.5% downside from its current price of $78.29.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Altria Group has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Altria Group's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Altria Group are expected to grow by 3.33% in the coming year, from $5.70 to $5.89 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Altria Group is 16.20, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.43.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Altria Group is 16.20, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 25.66.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Altria Group has a PEG Ratio of 2.63. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.44% of the float of Altria Group has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Altria Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.64.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Altria Group has recently increased by 1.67%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • Dividend Leadership

    Altria Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.74%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

  • Dividend Growth

    Altria Group has been increasing its dividend for 56 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Altria Group is 91.74%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on EPS estimates, Altria Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 75.38% in the coming year. This indicates that Altria Group may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

  • Read more about Altria Group's dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    Altria Group has a news sentiment score of 0.83. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.61 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 25 news articles for Altria Group this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 72 people have searched for MO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -3% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    58 people have added Altria Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 346% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Altria Group insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $101,430.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    0.10% of the stock of Altria Group is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    57.41% of the stock of Altria Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Altria Group's insider trading history.
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MO Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Altria Group's stock was trading at $57.67 at the start of the year. Since then, MO shares have increased by 35.7% and is now trading at $78.2870.

Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 29th. The company reported $1.52 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.51 by $0.01. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 1.0% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript
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Altria Group's board authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, October 30th 2025, which permits the company to repurchase $2 billion in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could buy up to 1.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Top institutional investors of Altria Group include State Street Corp (4.25%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.42%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. (0.20%) and Cullen Capital Management LLC (0.14%). Insiders that own company stock include Charles N Whitaker, Kathryn B Mcquade and Ennis Debra J Kelly.
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Shares of MO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Altria Group investors own include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), AbbVie (ABBV), NVIDIA (NVDA), Pfizer (PFE), Philip Morris International (PM) and ExxonMobil (XOM).

Company Calendar

Record date for 10/9 Dividend
9/15/2026
Ex-Dividend for 10/9 Dividend
9/15/2026
Dividend Payable
10/09/2026
Last Earnings
10/29/2026
Today
11/13/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Tobacco
Sub-Industry
Tobacco
Current Symbol
NYSE:MO
CIK
764180
Employees
5,900
Year Founded
1985

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$83.00
Low Price Target
$60.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-8.5%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.23
Research Coverage
13 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$4.84
Trailing P/E Ratio
16.20
Forward P/E Ratio
13.29
P/E Growth
2.63
Net Income
$6.95 billion
Net Margins
34.51%
Pretax Margin
45.04%
Return on Equity
-330.66%
Return on Assets
27.43%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
N/A
Current Ratio
0.58
Quick Ratio
0.45

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$23.28 billion
Price / Sales
5.59
Cash Flow
$6.37 per share
Price / Cash Flow
12.29
Book Value
($1.31) per share
Price / Book
-59.76

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
1,663,440,000
Free Float
1,661,774,000
Market Cap
$130.23 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.43

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This page (NYSE:MO) was last updated on 11/13/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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