06 September, 2017
The stock has "Hold" rating by Jefferies on Wednesday, September 21. As per Thursday, January 19, the company rating was maintained by JP Morgan. Wells Fargo maintained Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) on Friday, August 11 with "Buy" rating. The stock witnessed -3.05% declines, -15.35% declines and -15.93% declines for the 1-month, 3-month and 6-month period, respectively.
Analyst research firms are expressing bullish stance on Altria Group, Inc.
Institutional investors now hold around $77.21 billion or 62.8% in MO stock. Altria Group's quarterly revenue was up 3.2% compared to the same quarter a year ago. Altria Group Inc. Com. Insiders own 0.11% of the company's stock.
Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) institutional sentiment increased to 0.99 in Q4 2016. It has underperformed by 4.78% the S&P500. Its down 0.24, from 1.23 in 2016Q3. Of those transactions, there were 240,472 shares of MO bought and 424,598 shares sold. 135 funds opened positions while 440 raised stakes. At Comml Bank invested in 10,516 shares. SPC Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in Altria Group by 1.8% in the 1st quarter.
University Of Texas Investment Managment Co holds 2.1% of its portfolio in General Moly, Inc. for 2.92 million shares. The Delaware-based Cypress Capital Mngmt Limited Liability Company has invested 0.08% in Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO). Wills Grp holds 0.75% or 13,700 shares in its portfolio.
Altria Group (MO) traded down 0.93% during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $62.95. Bb&T Corporation has 423,455 shares for 0.59% of their portfolio. Nordea Invest Ab has 0.2% invested in Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO). City Co stated it has 1.08% in Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO).
Altria Group announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, July 27th that permits the company to buyback $1.00 billion in outstanding shares. 73,900 were accumulated by Veritas Llp. Old National National Bank & Trust In has invested 0.22% in Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO). Summit Securities Grp Inc Ltd Liability Corp holds 11,200 shares. The analysts estimated EPS for the higher end at 0.9 and lower end at 0.84 while the year ago reported earnings per share was 0.88. The First Quadrant LP holds 40,100 shares with $2.71 million value, down from 137,354 last quarter. It also upped Twenty First Century Fox B (NASDAQ:FOX) stake by 496,794 shares and now owns 918,794 shares. Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) was reduced too.
Since May 8, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 2 selling transactions for $664,775 activity. DEVITRE DINYAR S also sold $303,050 worth of Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) on Monday, May 8. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Altria Group will post $3.26 EPS for the current year. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Therefore 0 are positive.
Altria Group (NYSE:MO) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 27th.
The analysts offering 12 month price targets for Altria Group, Inc. have a median target of $72, with a high estimate of $80 and a low estimate of $59.
Altria Group declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Thursday, July 27th that allows the company to buyback $1.00 billion in shares. Stifel Nicolaus maintained it with "Buy" rating and $7700 target in Monday, July 17 report. UBS maintained the shares of MO in report on Monday, July 31 with "Neutral" rating. The stock has "Sell" rating by RBC Capital Markets on Monday, May 29. The insider, BARRINGTON MARTIN J., now holds 701,074 shares of MO. The stock has "Sell" rating by RBC Capital Markets on Friday, May 26. Berenberg Bank set a $72.00 price objective on shares of Altria Group and gave the company a "hold" rating in a report on Sunday, August 6th. The firm has "Sector Perform" rating given on Tuesday, November 3 by RBC Capital Markets. Payden & Rygel has 408,484 shares for 2.55% of their portfolio. Elementis plc (LON:ELM) has 0.00% since September 5, 2016 and is.
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