Altria Group (NYSE:MO) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Altria Group (NYSE:MO - Get Free Report) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 5.220-5.370 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 5.350. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Altria Group Stock Down 2.0 %

Shares of MO traded down $1.07 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $51.59. 16,525,339 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 7,842,010. The company has a market capitalization of $87.44 billion, a PE ratio of 8.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 0.64. The business has a 50 day moving average of $53.75 and a 200 day moving average of $52.29. Altria Group has a 1-year low of $39.25 and a 1-year high of $58.03.

Altria Group (NYSE:MO - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The company reported $1.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.28 by $0.01. Altria Group had a net margin of 42.82% and a negative return on equity of 233.80%. As a group, research analysts expect that Altria Group will post 5.13 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Altria Group Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 26th were paid a $1.02 dividend. This represents a $4.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.91%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 26th. Altria Group's payout ratio is 68.92%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MO has been the topic of several research reports. Bank of America upgraded shares of Altria Group from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and increased their price target for the stock from $55.00 to $65.00 in a report on Friday, December 6th. Citigroup boosted their target price 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. Morgan Stanley started coverage on Altria Group in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. They set an "equal weight" rating and a $54.00 price target on the stock. StockNews.com raised Altria Group from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Altria Group from $54.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $53.43.

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.