What Our Analysts Know About Altria

By Naomi Wentworth • Thursday, September 18 15:25 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Consumer Defensive company Altria has moved -1.7% so far today on a volume of 5,238,165, compared to its average of 8,624,979. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved 1.0%.

If you are considering an investment in MO, you'll want to know the following:

Altria has moved 30.4% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 15.5%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 5.17, Altria has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 12.5 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
MO has a forward P/E ratio of 12.0 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $5.35 per share
Altria Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells smokeable and oral tobacco products in the United States.
Based in Richmond, the company has 6,200 full time employees and a market cap of $108.21 Billion. Altria currently returns an annual dividend yield of 6.2%.

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