On Friday, Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) opened higher 1.91% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $41.30. Price fluctuations for MO have ranged from $39.06 to $48.04 over the past 52 weeks.
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Consumer Defensive Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 0.91% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 2.52% at the time writing. With a float of $1.72 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $1.76 billion.
The firm has a total of 6400 workers. Let’s measure their productivity.
Altria Group Inc. (MO) Insider Activity
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Tobacco industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Altria Group Inc. is 0.13%, while institutional ownership is 59.50%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 06 ’23, was worth 48,599. In this transaction Director of this company bought 1,200 shares at a rate of $40.50, taking the stock ownership to the 8,473 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 06 ’23, when Company’s Director bought 1,100 for $40.57, making the entire transaction worth $44,625. This insider now owns 7,145 shares in total.
Altria Group Inc. (MO) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 94.69 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 2.52% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 2.80% during the next five years compared to 4.39% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Altria Group Inc. (MO). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.39. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.53. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 7.95.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.57, a number that is poised to hit 1.15 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 5.29 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Altria Group Inc. (MO)
Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Altria Group Inc., MO], we can find that recorded value of 13.96 million was better than the volume posted last year of 11.87 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 51.00%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.63.
During the past 100 days, Altria Group Inc.’s (MO) raw stochastic average was set at 49.39%, which indicates a significant decrease from 50.79% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 15.51% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 20.32% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $41.84, while its 200-day Moving Average is $42.26. Now, the first resistance to watch is $42.44. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $42.80. The third major resistance level sits at $43.32. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $41.56, it is likely to go to the next support level at $41.04. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $40.68.
Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) Key Stats
There are currently 1,717,626K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 72.30 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 24,483 M according to its annual income of 8,130 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 5,975 M and its income totaled 2,063 M.
