In the last trading session, 7.91 million shares of the Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) were traded, and its beta was 0.62. Most recently the company’s share price was $59.54, and it changed around -$0.71 or -1.18% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $100.29B. MO currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $61.26, offering almost -2.89% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $45.87, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 22.96% since then. We note from Altria Group Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 7.77 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 8.63 million.
Altria Group Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 2.73. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 1 out of 15 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 1 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 9 recommended MO as a Hold, whereas 3 deemed it a Buy, and 1 rated it as Underweight.
Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) trade information
Instantly MO has showed a red trend with a performance of -1.18% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 60.36 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 1.36%. The company’s shares are currently up 29.58% year-to-date, but still up 1.55% over the last five days. On the other hand, Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) is 0.25% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 38.11 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 5.06 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $53, which translates to bulls needing to decrease their stock price by -12.34% from its current value. Analyst projections state that MO is forecast to be at a low of $46 and a high of $60.
Altria Group Inc earnings are expected to increase by 5.26% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 3.78% per year for the next five years.
MO Dividends
Altria Group Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-Apr-29. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 6.85 percent and its annual dividend per share was 4.08. It is important to note, however, that the 6.85% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 7.91 per year.
Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 0.10% of Altria Group Inc shares, and 63.21% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 63.28%. Altria Group Inc stock is held by 2665.0 institutions, with VANGUARD GROUP INC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 9.0873% of the shares, which is about 156.12 million shares worth $7.11 billion.
BLACKROCK INC., with 7.3048% or 125.5 million shares worth $5.72 billion as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of Mar 31, 2025 . The former held 53.38 shares worth $3.18 billion, making up 3.17% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund held roughly 47.09 shares worth around $2.8 billion, which represents about 2.80% of the total shares outstanding.
