Witnessing the stock’s movement on the chart, on Thursday, Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) had a quiet start as it plunged -1.21% to $49.98, before settling in for the price of $50.59 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, MO posted a 52-week range of $39.06-$54.95.
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The company of the Consumer Defensive sector’s yearbook sales growth during the past 5- year span was recorded 0.91%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 4.39%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 3.15%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $1.76 billion, simultaneously with a float of $1.70 billion. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $85.28 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $51.52, while the 200-day Moving Average is $45.39.
Altria Group Inc. (MO) Ownership Facts and Figures
Nothing is more important than checking the behaviour of major investors towards the stock of the Tobacco industry. Altria Group Inc.’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.14%, in contrast to 59.88% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on May 02 ’24, this organization’s Sr. VP, Chief HR Off. & CCO sold 22,487 shares at the rate of 43.95, making the entire transaction reach 988,360 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 173,485. Preceding that transaction, on Nov 06 ’23, Company’s Director bought 1,200 for 40.50, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 48,599. This particular insider is now the holder of 8,473 in total.
Altria Group Inc. (MO) Earnings and Revenue Records
Altria Group Inc.’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 3.15% and is forecasted to reach 5.31 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 3.84% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 4.39% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Altria Group Inc. (MO). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.30. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 0.72. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $8.62, and its Beta score is 0.68. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 4.20. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 9.66.
In the same vein, MO’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 5.80, a figure that is expected to reach 1.35 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 5.31 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Altria Group Inc. (MO)
Going through the that latest performance of [Altria Group Inc., MO]. Its last 5-days volume of 7.29 million was inferior to the volume of 10.17 million it revealed a year ago. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 41.85% While, its Average True Range was 0.71.
Raw Stochastic average of Altria Group Inc. (MO) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 55.31%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 11.45% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 15.33% that was lower than 16.73% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
