Altria Group Inc. [NYSE: MO] gained 1.05% on the last trading session, reaching $46.03 price per share at the time.
If compared to the average trading volume of 10.72M shares, MO reached a trading volume of 7068295 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
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Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Altria Group Inc. [MO]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for MO shares is $47.59 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on MO stock is a recommendation set at 2.56. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
UBS have made an estimate for Altria Group Inc. shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Sell, with their previous recommendation back on January 23, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Stifel raised their target price to Buy. The new note on the price target was released on April 14, 2023, representing the official price target for Altria Group Inc. stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $38, while UBS analysts kept a Sell rating on MO stock. On June 29, 2022, analysts decreased their price target for MO shares from 53 to 36.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Altria Group Inc. is set at 0.67, with the Price to Sales ratio for MO stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 3.87. Price to Free Cash Flow for MO in the course of the last twelve months was 8.78 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.36.
Trading performance analysis for MO stock
Altria Group Inc. [MO] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -0.90. With this latest performance, MO shares gained by 1.30% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 14.56% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 2.36% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for MO stock in for the last two-week period is set at 54.24, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 53.98, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 55.19 for Altria Group Inc. [MO]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 45.15, while it was recorded at 45.96 for the last single week of trading, and 42.44 for the last 200 days.
Altria Group Inc. [MO]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis
Altria Group Inc.’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.36 and a Current Ratio set at 0.48.
Altria Group Inc. [MO]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis
With the latest financial reports released by the company, Altria Group Inc. posted 1.31/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 1.3/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company surpassed the estimates by a Surprise Factor of 0.80%. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for MO. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Altria Group Inc. go to 3.73%.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at Altria Group Inc. [MO]
The top three institutional holders of MO stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.32 billion shares, which is approximately 8.5034%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.04 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $178.43 billion in MO stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $135.36 billion in MO stock with ownership which is approximately 5.1238%.
