Altria Stock News

Altria Group Inc. (NYSE:MO) price is hovering higher on Wednesday, March 02, jumping 1.24% above its previous close. >> 5 Best Growth Stocks for 2022 << >> 5 Best Growth Stocks for 2022 << A look at today’s price movement shows that the recent level at last check reads $51.57, with intraday deals fluctuating between … Analyst Predictions On Altria Group Inc.’s (NYSE: MO) Future Growth Read More »

Altria Group Inc''s (NYSE: MO ) short percent of float has risen 21.74% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 15.28 million shares sold short , which is 0.84% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 1.8 days to cover their short positions on average. Why Short Interest Matters Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. Short selling is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of … Full story available on Benzinga.com

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Altria Group (NYSE: MO ). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga. Whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual, we don''t know. But when something this big happens with MO, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen. So how do we know what this whale just did? Today, Benzinga ''s options scanner spotted 13 uncommon options trades for Altria Group. This isn''t normal. The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 30% bullish and 69%, bearish. Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 3 … Full story available on Benzinga.com

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Altria Group Inc''s (NYSE: MO ) short percent of float has risen 4.55% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 12.68 million shares sold short , which is 0.69% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 1.4 days to cover their short positions on average. Why Short Interest Matters Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. Short selling is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of … Full story available on Benzinga.com

Altria Group Inc. (MO) shares closed 0.5% higher than its previous 52 week high, giving the company a market cap of $94B. The stock is currently up 8.4% year-to-date, up 24.2% over the past 12 months, and down 5.5% over the past five years. This week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.5%, and the S&P 500 fell 2.7%. Trading Activity Trading volume this week was 2.3% lower than the 20-day average.Beta, a measure of the stocks volatility relative to the overall market stands at 0.4. Technical Indicators The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the stock was above 70, indicating it may be overbought.MACD, a trend-following momentum indicator, indicates an upward trend.The stock closed below its Bollinger band, indicating it may be oversold. Market Comparative Performance The company's share price is the same as the S&P 500 Index , beats it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5-year basis The company's share price is the same as the Dow Jones Industrial Average , beats it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5-year basis The company share price is the same as the performance of its peers in the Consumer Staples industry sector , beats it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5 year basis Per Group Comparative Performance The company's stock price performance year-to-date beats the peer average by 59.1% The company's stock price performance over the past 12 months beats the peer average by 446.4% The company's price-to-earnings ratio, which relates a company's share price to its earnings per share, is 343.1% higher than the average peer. This story was produced by the Kwhen Automated News Generator. For more articles like this, please visit us at finance.kwhen.com. Write to [email protected]. © 2020 Kwhen Inc.

Altria Group with ticker code (MO) now have 17 analysts covering the stock with the consensus suggesting a rating of ''Buy''. The target price ranges between 68 and 45 with a mean TP of 54.08. With the stocks previous close at 50.61 this indicates there is a potential upside of 6.9%. There is a 50 day moving average of 48.78 and the 200 moving average now moves to 47.93. The company has a market cap of $93,657m. Find out more information at: https://www.altria.com [stock_market_widget type="chart" template="basic" color="green" assets=MO" range="6mo" interval="1d" axes="true" cursor="true" api="yf"] The potential market cap would be $100,078m based on the market concensus. Altria Group, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells cigarettes, oral tobacco products, and wine in the United States. It offers cigarettes primarily under the Marlboro brand; cigars principally under the Black & Mild brand; and moist smokeless tobacco products under the Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, and Husky brands, as well as provides on! oral nicotine pouches.

Altria Group''s revenue net of excise taxes and earnings both edged higher in 2021. That modest growth should continue.

WASHINGTON (AP) Tobacco giant Altria said Tuesday that an administrative law judge has dismissed a federal lawsuit alleging the company''s partnership with e-cigarette maker Juul Labs amounted to an anticompetitive agreement that hurt consumers.

Altria Group Inc. (MO) shares closed today at 1.5% below its 52 week high of $51.37, giving the company a market cap of $92B. The stock is currently up 6.2% year-to-date, up 22.2% over the past 12 months, and down 6.4% over the past five years. This week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.2%, and the S&P 500 fell 1.1%. Trading Activity Trading volume this week was 30.3% lower than the 20-day average.Beta, a measure of the stock’s volatility relative to the overall market stands at 0.4. Technical Indicators The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the stock was between 30 and 70.MACD, a trend-following momentum indicator, indicates a downward trend.The stock closed below its Bollinger band, indicating it may be oversold. Market Comparative Performance The company's share price is the same as the S&P 500 Index , beats it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5-year basis The company's share price is the same as the Dow Jones Industrial Average , beats it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5-year basis The company share price is the same as the performance of its peers in the Consumer Staples industry sector , beats it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5 year basis Per Group Comparative Performance The company's stock price performance year-to-date beats the peer average by 18.0% The company's stock price performance over the past 12 months beats the peer average by 741.3% The company's price-to-earnings ratio, which relates a company's share price to its earnings per share, is 340.0% higher than the average peer. This story was produced by the Kwhen Automated News Generator. For more articles like this, please visit us at finance.kwhen.com. Write to [email protected]. © 2020 Kwhen Inc.

WASHINGTON >> Tobacco giant Altria said Tuesday that an administrative law judge has dismissed a federal lawsuit alleging the company’s partnership with e-cigarette maker Juul Labs amounted to an anticompetitive agreement that hurt consumers.

Altria says an administrative law judge dismissed a federal lawsuit alleging that its investment into vaping company Juul violates anticompetitive laws

The FTC filed a lawsuit in April 2020, saying Altria''s decision to buy a 35% stake in JUUL, announced in December 2018, was bad for competition.