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

Altria Group (NYSE:MO) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 5.220-5.370 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 5.350. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their target price on shares of Altria Group from $52.00 to $60.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Altria Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of Altria Group from $45.00 to $46.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Altria Group from $54.00 to $60.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Morgan Stanley initiated coverage on Altria Group in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $54.00 price objective for the company. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $53.43.

Altria Group Price Performance

Shares of NYSE MO traded down $1.67 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $51.00. 4,570,466 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 7,147,474. Altria Group has a twelve month low of $39.25 and a twelve month high of $58.03. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $53.75 and its 200-day moving average price is $52.29. The firm has a market cap of $86.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.61, a PEG ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 0.64.

Altria Group (NYSE:MO) last released its earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The company reported $1.29 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.28 by $0.01. Altria Group had a net margin of 42.82% and a negative return on equity of 233.80%. On average, analysts expect that Altria Group will post 5.13 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Altria Group Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 10th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 26th were issued a $1.02 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 26th. This represents a $4.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 8.00%. Altria Group’s dividend payout ratio is currently 68.92%.

About Altria Group

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.