Analyst Activity – Argus Reiterates Buy on Altria Group (NYSE:MO)

Analyst Ratings For Altria Group (NYSE:MO)

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Today, Argus reiterated its Buy rating on Altria Group (NYSE:MO) with a price target of $79.00.

Some recent analyst ratings include

  • 3/14/2018-Argus Reiterated Rating of Buy.
  • 2/5/2018-Royal Bank of Canada Reiterated Rating of Sector Perform.
  • 1/19/2018-Jefferies Group Upgrade from a “Hold ” rating to a ” Buy” rating.
  • 12/19/2017-Berenberg Bank Upgrade from a “Hold ” rating to a ” Buy” rating.
  • 11/1/2017-Edward Jones Upgrade from a “Hold ” rating to a ” Buy” rating.

Dividend information for Altria Group (NYSE:MO)

Altria Group (NYSE:MO) pays an annual dividend of $2.64 with a yield of 4.02% and an average dividend growth of 8.30% based on a 3 Year Average..

Dividend History for Altria Group (NYSE:MO)

  • On 3/1/2018 Altria Group announced a quarterly dividend of $0.70 4.47070094204055% with an ex dividend date of 3/14/2018 which will be payable on 4/10/2018.
  • On 12/6/2017 Altria Group announced a quarterly dividend of $0.66 3.69% with an ex dividend date of 12/20/2017 which will be payable on 1/10/2018.
  • On 8/24/2017 Altria Group announced a quarterly dividend of $0.66 4.12% with an ex dividend date of 9/14/2017 which will be payable on 10/10/2017.
  • On 5/18/2017 Altria Group announced a quarterly dividend of $0.61 3.44% with an ex dividend date of 6/13/2017 which will be payable on 7/10/2017.
  • On 3/1/2017 Altria Group announced a quarterly dividend of $0.61 3.22% with an ex dividend date of 3/13/2017 which will be payable on 4/10/2017.
  • On 12/7/2016 Altria Group announced a quarterly dividend of $0.61 3.73% with an ex dividend date of 12/20/2016 which will be payable on 1/10/2017.
  • On 8/25/2016 Altria Group announced a quarterly dividend of $0.61 3.71% with an ex dividend date of 9/13/2016 which will be payable on 10/11/2016.

Recent Insider Trading Activity For Altria Group (NYSE:MO)
Altria Group (NYSE:MO) has insider ownership of 0.11% and institutional ownership of 62.77%.

  • On 3/2/2018 Brian W Quigley, CEO, sold 3,464 with an average share price of $62.40 per share and the total transaction amounting to $216,153.60.
  • On 3/2/2018 W Hildebrandt Surgner Jr, VP, sold 3,200 with an average share price of $62.34 per share and the total transaction amounting to $199,488.00.
  • On 2/9/2018 James E Dillard III, SVP, sold 6,500 with an average share price of $63.13 per share and the total transaction amounting to $410,345.00.
  • On 2/8/2018 Craig A Johnson, CEO, sold 14,953 with an average share price of $66.59 per share and the total transaction amounting to $995,720.27.
  • On 9/21/2017 Dinyar S. Devitre, Director, sold 32,000 with an average share price of $61.22 per share and the total transaction amounting to $1,959,040.00.
  • On 8/10/2017 Martin J Barrington, CEO, sold 15,300 with an average share price of $65.03 per share and the total transaction amounting to $994,959.00.
  • On 5/23/2017 George Munoz, Director, sold 5,000 with an average share price of $72.35 per share and the total transaction amounting to $361,750.00.

Recent Trading Activity for Altria Group (NYSE:MO)
Shares of Altria Group closed the previous trading session at with 65.4749984741211 shares trading hands.

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