Altria Group (NYSE:MO) Announces Earnings Results

Altria Group (NYSE:MO) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $1.29 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.28 by $0.01, Zacks reports. Altria Group had a negative return on equity of 233.80% and a net margin of 42.82%. Altria Group updated its FY 2025 guidance to 5.220-5.370 EPS.

Altria Group Stock Performance

Shares of MO stock opened at $52.20 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $53.57 and its 200-day moving average is $52.32. Altria Group has a 52 week low of $39.25 and a 52 week high of $58.03. The stock has a market capitalization of $88.46 billion, a PE ratio of 8.82, a PEG ratio of 2.76 and a beta of 0.64.

Altria Group Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 26th were given a dividend of $1.02 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 26th. This represents a $4.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.82%. Altria Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 68.92%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently commented on MO. Morgan Stanley lowered their target price on Altria Group from $54.00 to $53.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. Citigroup raised their price objective on shares of Altria Group from $44.50 to $48.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 8th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price target on shares of Altria Group from $52.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Barclays lifted their target price on Altria Group from $45.00 to $46.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on Altria Group from $54.00 to $60.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Altria Group has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $53.29.

Altria Group Company Profile

Altria Group, Inc, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells smokeable and oral tobacco products in the United States. The company offers cigarettes primarily under the Marlboro brand; large cigars and pipe tobacco under the Black & Mild brand; moist smokeless tobacco and snus products under the Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, and Husky brands; oral nicotine pouches under the on! brand; and e-vapor products under the NJOY ACE brand.