Altria Group (NYSE:MO) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.01 EPS

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

Altria Group Stock Performance

NYSE:MO opened at $52.20 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $53.57 and a 200-day moving average price of $52.32. The company has a market cap of $88.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.82, a PEG ratio of 2.76 and a beta of 0.64. Altria Group has a fifty-two week low of $39.25 and a fifty-two week high of $58.03.

Altria Group Announces Dividend

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MO has been the subject of several research analyst reports. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Altria Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price target on shares of Altria Group from $52.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Barclays increased their target price on shares of Altria Group from $45.00 to $46.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of Altria Group from $44.50 to $48.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 8th. Finally, Bank of America raised shares of Altria Group from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $55.00 to $65.00 in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $53.29.

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.