In the last trading session, 6.87 million Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 0.64. With the company’s per share price at $58.56 changed hands at -$0.51 or -0.86% during last session, the market valuation stood at $98.64B. MO’s last price was a discount, traded about -4.61% off its 52-week high of $61.26. The share price had its 52-week low at $43.83, which suggests the last value was 25.15% up since then.
Analysts gave the Altria Group Inc (MO) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, calculated at a mean rating of 2.87. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 2 out of 11 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 5 recommended MO as a Hold, 4 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Altria Group Inc’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 1.39.
Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) trade information
Instantly MO was in red as seen at the end of in last trading. With action -3.00%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 11.99%, with the 5-day performance at -3.00% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) is -1.46% down.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 53, meaning bulls need a downside of -10.49% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, MO’s forecast low is 46 with 60 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -2.46% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 21.45% for it to hit the projected low.
Altria Group Inc (MO) estimates and forecasts
Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach -1.58% down from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 7 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 5.21B. 7 analysts are of the opinion that Altria Group Inc’s revenue for the current quarter will be 5.28B. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 5.28B and 5.34B respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at -1.33%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at -1.21%.
The 2025 estimates are for Altria Group Inc earnings to increase by 5.24%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 3.70% per year.
MO Dividends
Altria Group Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in July. The 6.90% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 4.04. It is important to note, however, that the 6.90% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.
Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO)’s Major holders
BLACKROCK INC. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 7.3048% or 125.5 million shares worth $5.72 billion as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Mar 31, 2025 were VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund. With 53.38 shares estimated at $3.13 billion under it, the former controlled 3.17% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund held about 2.80% of the shares, roughly 47.09 shares worth around $2.76 billion.
