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Altria comprises Philip Morris USA, us Smokeless Tobacco, John Middleton, Horizon Innovations, and Helix Innovations. Through its tobacco subsidiaries, Altria maintains the leading position in cigarettes and smokeless tobacco in the United States and the number-two spot in machine-made cigars. The company's Marlboro brand is the leading cigarette brand in the us with 42% annual share in 2023. Beyond its core business, it holds an 8% interest in the world's largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev, a 42% stake in cannabis manufacturer Cronos, acquired Njoy Holdings in 2023, and operates a joint venture with Japan Tobacco in the heated tobacco category. It also recently disposed of its investment in Juul Labs.

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Barclays analyst Gaurav Jain maintains Altria Group (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MO#NYSE">MO</a>) with a Underweight and raises the price target from $45 to $46.

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Barclays Maintains Underweight on Altria Group, Raises Price Target to $46

Deutsche Bank analyst Gerry Gallagher maintains Altria Group (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MO#NYSE">MO</a>) with a Buy and raises the price target from $52 to $60.

Deutsche Bank Maintains Buy on Altria Group, Raises Price Target to $60

Stifel analyst Matthew Smith maintains Altria Group (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MO#NYSE">MO</a>) with a Buy and raises the price target from $54 to $60.

Stifel Maintains Buy on Altria Group, Raises Price Target to $60

Risk aversion swept across markets on Thursday as investor disappointment over third-quarter tech earnings triggered the steepest drop in major U.S. indices <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets">in nearly two months.</a>
Microsoft Corp. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MSFT#NYSE">MSFT</a>) plummeted over 5% by midday trading in New York, on track for its worst session in two years. Although the company surpassed earnings estimates, it forecasted slower growth in its Azure cloud business, dampening future revenue expectations.
Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/META#NASDAQ">META</a>) also declined by over 4% despite a strong quarterly performance, as the social media giant projected &#8220;significant&#8221; capital expenditure growth next year, particularly for AI infrastructure.
The elite &#8220;Magnificent Seven&#8221; tech group shed nearly $500 billion in market capitalization within a single day after reaching a record high of $16.8 trillion. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AAPL#NASDAQ">AAPL</a>) and Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AMZN#NASDAQ">AMZN</a>) are set to report earnings after the market close.
In economic news, inflation sent mixed signals for September. The Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index slowed as expected to 2.1% annually, while the Fed's preferred inflation measure, the core PCE price index, remained at 2.7% year over year, slightly <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/economics/macro-economic-events/24/10/41658542/fed-interest-rate-cuts-expected-but-economists-warn-of-bumpy-course-in-this-last-">above the expected 2.6%.</a>
The S&amp;P 500 dropped 1.4%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 slid 2.2%, both tracking their worst session since Sept. 6. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) surged 12%.
Risk aversion also weighed on commodities, with gold prices dropping 1.7%, marking their worst day since July, and silver plunging 3% after a 2% decline on Wednesday. 
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: <a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/btc/usd">BTC</a>) slid 2.4%, and crypto-related stocks suffered significant losses. Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/COIN#NASDAQ">COIN</a>) tumbled over 10% on disappointing earnings, eyeing its worst day since May.
<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Thursday&#8217;s Performance In Major US Indices, ETFs</h3>
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<td>41,832.30</td>
<td>-0.7%</td>
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<td>2,213.10</td>
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<td>5,729.43</td>
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<td>19,943.07</td>
<td>-2.2%</td>
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<figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Updated at 12:20 p.m. ET</figcaption></figure>
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<li>The&nbsp;SPDR S&amp;P 500 ETF Trust&nbsp;(NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SPY#NYSE">SPY</a>) fell 1.5% to $571.51.</li>
<li>The&nbsp;SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average&nbsp;(NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/DIA#NYSE">DIA</a>)&nbsp;fell 0.8% to $418.60.</li>
<li>The tech-heavy Invesco QQQ Trust Series (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/QQQ#NASDAQ">QQQ</a>) tumbled 2.2% to $485.78. </li>
<li>The iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/IWM#NYSE">IWM</a>) fell 0.7% to $219.65.</li>
<li>The Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/XLU#NYSE">XLU</a>) outperformed, rising 1.4%. The Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/XLK#NYSE">XLK</a>) lagged, down 2.4%.</li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Thursday&#8217;s Stock Movers</h3>
Stocks reacting to corporate earnings were: 
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<li>Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/BKNG#NASDAQ">BKNG</a>), up over 5%, </li>
<li>Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AMGN#NASDAQ">AMGN</a>), up 1.7%,</li>
<li>Starbucks Corp. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SBUX#NYSE">SBUX</a>), down 0.6%, </li>
<li>eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/EBAY#NASDAQ">EBAY</a>), down over 8%, </li>
<li>MicroStrategy Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MSTR#NASDAQ">MSTR</a>), up 1.9%,</li>
<li>Carvana Co. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CVNA#NYSE">CVNA</a>), up 24%,</li>
<li>Mastercard Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MA#NYSE">MA</a>), down 1.8%, </li>
<li>Merck &amp; Company Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MRK#NYSE">MRK</a>), down 2.8%,</li>
<li>Linde plc (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/LIN#NASDAQ">LIN</a>), down 2.9%, </li>
<li>Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CMCSA#NASDAQ">CMCSA</a>), up 2.9%, </li>
<li>Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/UBER#NYSE">UBER</a>), down over 11%, </li>
<li>Eaton Corp. plc (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ETN#NYSE">ETN</a>), down 5%, </li>
<li>ConocoPhillips (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/COP#NYSE">COP</a>), up 6%, </li>
<li>Bristo-Myers Squibb Co. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/BMY#NYSE">BMY</a>), up 3.3%, </li>
<li>Southern Company (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SO#NYSE">SO</a>), up 2.2%, </li>
<li>Altria Group Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MO#NYSE">MO</a>), up 7.6%, </li>
<li>Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/REGN#NASDAQ">REGN</a>), down 9%, </li>
<li>The Cigna Group (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CI#NYSE">CI</a>), up 3%, </li>
<li>Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NCLH#NYSE">NCLH</a>), up over 9%. </li>
<li>Cheniere Energy Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/LNG#NYSE">LNG</a>), up over 5%. </li>
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Large-cap companies slated to report their earnings after the close include Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/INTC#NASDAQ">INTC</a>), Atlassian Corp. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TEAM#NASDAQ">TEAM</a>) and Coterra Energy Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CTRA#NYSE">CTRA</a>).
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Altria Group (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MO#NYSE">MO</a>) shares are <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/movers" rel="noreferrer noopener">trading higher on Thursday.</a>
The company reported third-quarter adjusted earnings per share of $1.38, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/24/10/b41648697/altria-reports-2024-third-quarter-and-nine-months-results-reaffirms-2024-full-year-earnings-guidan" rel="noreferrer noopener">beating the street view of $1.35.</a> Quarterly sales of $5.334 billion (+1.3%) beat the analyst consensus estimate of $5.326 billion.
Smokeable products segment reported domestic cigarette shipment volume decreased&nbsp;8.6%, primarily due to the industry&#8217;s decline rate and retail share losses, partially offset by trade inventory movements and calendar differences. Marlboro shipment volume fell 7.5% in the quarter.
Also, Marlboro&nbsp;retail share of the total cigarette category was&nbsp;41.7%, down 0.6 share points versus the prior year and 0.3 share points sequentially.
NJOY reported a 15.6% increase in consumables shipment volume to 10.4 million units and a 100% rise in device shipments to 1.1 million units. Additionally, their retail share of consumables in the U.S. multi-outlet and convenience channel grew by 2.8 percentage points to 6.2%.
&#8220;The smokeable products segment delivered solid operating companies income growth behind the resilience of&nbsp;Marlboro, and in the oral tobacco products segment, our MST brands continued to drive profitability while&nbsp;on!&nbsp;maintained momentum in the marketplace,&#8221; said Billy Gifford, Altria&#8217;s Chief Executive Officer.
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Altria plans to&nbsp;establish an Accelerated Business Solutions organization within Altria Client Services. This organization will be responsible for driving efficiency.
&#8220;We expect the initial phases of the Initiative will deliver at least $600 million in cumulative cost savings over the next five years,&#8221; the company said.
The cumulative cost savings exclude the company&#8217;s estimated total pre-tax charges for initial phases of approximately $100 million to $125 million.
In the third quarter, the company repurchased a total of 13.5 million shares at an average price of $50.37, amounting to $680 million, while for the first nine months, the repurchases totaled 67.6 million shares at an average price of $45.68, totaling $3.1 billion.
&#8220;We maintain our progressive dividend goal that targets mid-single digits dividend per share growth annually through 2028,&#8221; the company said.
Outlook: The company reaffirms its guidance for 2024, projecting adjusted diluted EPS to range from $5.07 to $5.15 (estimate: $5.10). This reflects a growth rate of 2.5% to 4% compared to the 2023 base of $4.95, with <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/calendars/guidance">anticipated growth weighted toward the second half of the year.</a>
Price Action: MO shares are trading higher by 8.36% to $54.72 at last check Thursday.
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U.S. stocks were lower, with the Dow Jones index falling around 200 points on Thursday.
Shares of Roblox Corporation (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/RBLX#NYSE">RBLX</a>) rose sharply during Thursday&#8217;s session after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter financial results and reported a year-over-year increase in daily <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/earnings/24/10/41654520/roblox-q3-earnings-bookings-jump-34-user-base-hits-89-million-raises-annual-outlook">active users and hours engaged</a>.
The video game developer reported an adjusted EPS loss of 37 cents, beating the analyst consensus loss estimate of 0.39 cents. The revenue of the American video game developer grew by 29% Y/Y to $919 million.
Roblox shares climbed 21.5% to $52.13 on Thursday.
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<li>Root, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ROOT#NASDAQ">ROOT</a>) shares jumped 138% to $96.39 after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter financial results.</li>
<li>Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ATEC#NASDAQ">ATEC</a>) shares climbed 40% to $7.84 after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter revenue results and raised its FY24 revenue guidance.</li>
<li>Lemonade, Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/LMND#NYSE">LMND</a>) surged 25.8% to $23.59 after the company reported third-quarter earnings and sales above estimates and raised its FY24 guidance.</li>
<li>Paycom Software, Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/PAYC#NYSE">PAYC</a>) gained 24.7% to $214.84 following better-than-expected quarterly earnings.</li>
<li>Confluent, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CFLT#NASDAQ">CFLT</a>) rose 21.4% to $28.00 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly financial results.</li>
<li>Remitly Global, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/RELY#NASDAQ">RELY</a>) surged 19.7% to $18.27 after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter financial results and issued fourth-quarter revenue guidance above estimates.</li>
<li>Nextracker Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NXT#NASDAQ">NXT</a>) gained 19.1% to $38.09 after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter financial results and raised its FY25 GAAP and adjusted EPS guidance.</li>
<li>Peloton Interactive, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/PTON#NASDAQ">PTON</a>) rose 18.6% to $7.89 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly sales.</li>
<li>TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TTMI#NASDAQ">TTMI</a>) surged 16.6% to $23.01 following strong quarterly sales.</li>
<li>Twilio Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TWLO#NYSE">TWLO</a>) gained 16% to $81.81 after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter financial results.</li>
<li>International Paper Company (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/IP#NYSE">IP</a>) rose 14% to $55.91 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly adjusted EPS results. The company announced the decision to review strategic options for its global cellulose fibers business.</li>
<li>Entergy Corporation (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ETR#NYSE">ETR</a>) gained 11.8% to $150.32 after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings and raised FY24 EPS outlook.</li>
<li>Gen Digital Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GEN#NASDAQ">GEN</a>) gained 10.1% to $29.64 following strong quarterly sales.</li>
<li>Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SFM#NASDAQ">SFM</a>) rose 10.1% to $130.98 after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter financial results and issued fourth-quarter adjusted EPS guidance above estimates.</li>
<li>Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NCLH#NYSE">NCLH</a>) gained 7.7% to $25.69 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly financial results.</li>
<li>Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MO#NYSE">MO</a>) gained 7% to $54.03 following strong earnings.</li>
<li>Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/BKNG#NASDAQ">BKNG</a>) rose 6.3% to $4,745.96 after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter financial results.</li>
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Altria Group Q3 2024 Adj. EPS $1.38 Beats $1.35 Estimate, Revenues Net Of Excise Taxes $5.334B

Altria Group's (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MO#NYSE">MO</a>) short percent of float has fallen 6.96% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 25.11 million shares sold short, which is 1.47% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 2.52 days to cover their short positions on average.
<h3>Why Short Interest Matters</h3>
Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-short-a-stock/">Short selling</a> 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 the stock falls and they lose if it rises.
Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish, while a decrease in short interest can signal they have become more bullish.
See Also: <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/short-interest">List of the most shorted stocks</a>
<h3>Altria Group Short Interest Graph (3 Months)</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2024/1729626323_0.png" alt="short_fig" />
As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for Altria Group has declined since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to rise in the near-term but traders should be aware that less shares are being shorted.
<h3>Comparing Altria Group's Short Interest Against Its Peers</h3>
Peer comparison is a popular technique amongst analysts and investors for gauging how well a company is performing. A company's peer is another company that has similar characteristics to it, such as industry, size, age, and financial structure. You can find a company's peer group by reading its 10-K, proxy filing, or by doing your own similarity analysis.
According to <a href="https://pro.benzinga.com/">Benzinga Pro</a>, Altria Group's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 2.09%, which means the company has less short interest than most of its peers.
Did you know that increasing short interest can actually be bullish for a stock? <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-make-money-on-a-short-squeeze/">This post by Benzinga Money explains how you can profit from it.</a>
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and was reviewed by an editor.

Short Sellers

Short Ideas

How Is The Market Feeling About Altria Group?

High-rolling investors have positioned themselves bearish on Altria Group (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MO#NYSE">MO</a>), and it's important for retail traders to take note. 
\This activity came to our attention today through Benzinga's tracking of publicly available options data. The identities of these investors are uncertain, but such a significant move in MO often signals that someone has privileged information.
Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 9 options trades for Altria Group. This is not a typical pattern.
The sentiment among these major traders is split, with 11% bullish and 44% bearish. Among all the options we identified, there was one put, amounting to $45,208, and 8 calls, totaling $292,057.
<h3>Projected Price Targets</h3>
After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $35.0 and $52.5 for Altria Group, spanning the last three months.
<h3>Volume &amp; Open Interest Trends</h3>
Assessing the volume and open interest is a strategic step in options trading. These metrics shed light on the liquidity and investor interest in Altria Group's options at specified strike prices. The forthcoming data visualizes the fluctuation in volume and open interest for both calls and puts, linked to Altria Group's substantial trades, within a strike price spectrum from $35.0 to $52.5 over the preceding 30 days.
<h3>Altria Group Call and Put Volume: 30-Day Overview</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2024/1729101651_0.png" alt="Options Call Chart" />
<h3>Largest Options Trades Observed:</h3>

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Symbol</th>
<th>PUT/CALL</th>
<th>Trade Type</th>
<th>Sentiment</th>
<th>Exp. Date</th>
<th>Ask</th>
<th>Bid</th>
<th>Price</th>
<th>Strike Price</th>
<th>Total Trade Price</th>
<th>Open Interest</th>
<th style="text-align: right;">Volume</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>MO</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>01/15/27</td>
<td>$10.9</td>
<td>$10.8</td>
<td>$10.8</td>
<td>$40.00</td>
<td>$75.6K</td>
<td>62</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">70</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MO</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>01/17/25</td>
<td>$3.45</td>
<td>$3.4</td>
<td>$3.45</td>
<td>$52.50</td>
<td>$45.2K</td>
<td>2.5K</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">193</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MO</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>NEUTRAL</td>
<td>01/17/25</td>
<td>$13.1</td>
<td>$12.95</td>
<td>$13.03</td>
<td>$37.50</td>
<td>$39.0K</td>
<td>314</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">30</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MO</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>NEUTRAL</td>
<td>06/20/25</td>
<td>$13.1</td>
<td>$12.95</td>
<td>$13.03</td>
<td>$37.50</td>
<td>$35.1K</td>
<td>226</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">27</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MO</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>01/16/26</td>
<td>$15.6</td>
<td>$15.4</td>
<td>$15.48</td>
<td>$35.00</td>
<td>$34.0K</td>
<td>207</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">22</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

<h3>About Altria Group</h3>
Altria comprises Philip Morris USA, us Smokeless Tobacco, John Middleton, Horizon Innovations, and Helix Innovations. Through its tobacco subsidiaries, Altria maintains the leading position in cigarettes and smokeless tobacco in the United States and the number-two spot in machine-made cigars. The company's Marlboro brand is the leading cigarette brand in the us with 42% annual share in 2023. Beyond its core business, it holds an 8% interest in the world's largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev, a 42% stake in cannabis manufacturer Cronos, acquired Njoy Holdings in 2023, and operates a joint venture with Japan Tobacco in the heated tobacco category. It also recently disposed of its investment in Juul Labs.
<h3>Altria Group's Current Market Status</h3>
<ul>
<li>Currently trading with a volume of 1,971,659, the MO's price is up by 0.43%, now at $50.12. </li>
<li>RSI readings suggest the stock is currently is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.</li>
<li>Anticipated earnings release is in 15 days.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Expert Opinions on Altria Group</h3>
In the last month, 2 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $50.5.
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&#x2A; An analyst from Citigroup persists with their Neutral rating on Altria Group, maintaining a target price of $48. 
&#x2A; An analyst from B of A Securities persists with their Neutral rating on Altria Group, maintaining a target price of $53. 
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Options

What the Options Market Tells Us About Altria Group

B of A Securities analyst Lisa Lewandowski maintains Altria Group (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MO#NYSE">MO</a>) with a Neutral and lowers the price target from $57 to $53.

B of A Securities Maintains Neutral on Altria Group, Lowers Price Target to $53

If you could go back in time to January 1, 2000, and tell your past self to make just one investment, what would it be?
Maybe&nbsp;Apple Inc.&nbsp;(NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AAPL#NASDAQ">AAPL</a>), which has sold 1.5 billion iPhones since 2007 and reported a $21.45 billion profit last quarter?
Or&nbsp;Tesla Inc.&nbsp;(NASDAQ:TSLA, which went from selling just 937 cars in 2009 to over 1.8 million last year?
Some savvy income investors might consider&nbsp;Altria Group Inc.&nbsp;(NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MO#NYSE">MO</a>). The tobacco giant, formerly Phillip Morris International Inc., has grown its dividends by over 700% since the early 2000s. In fact, Altria was the most successful stock of the 20th century, turning every $1 invested into over $6,000.
But that was the 20th century. Since the year 2000, one little-known company has left these Wall Street darlings in the dust.
How an Energy Drink Company Thrashed Apple's, Tesla's, and Nvidia's Returns
Monster Beverage Corp.&nbsp;(NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MNST#NASDAQ">MNST</a>) is a company no one ever described as changing the world. It's not putting an iPhone into every third human's hand or solving climate change.
Yet this energy drink company returned over 140,000% from 2000 to 2024 so far — enough to turn every $1 invested into $1,400 and change.
Why was Monster Beverage able to dramatically outperform these world-changing companies?
Part of the reason comes from its size. Monster Beverage recorded $92 million in revenue in 2002 while Apple reported $5.7 billion. A smaller company can grow revenue—and ultimately its earnings and share price—much faster than a company that's already a behemoth.
But there's bigger factor at play. Apple spent $446 million on research and development in 2002 to stay ahead of its competitors and maintain its existing operations. By 2022, its annual operating costs had reached $274 billion.
To keep the lights on, Apple had to spend $274 billion, or the company could no longer make and sell products. By contrast, Monster Beverage spent just $4.6 billion on operating costs in 2022.
It turns out that an energy-drink business is a lot less capital-intensive than a tech business—and this difference, compounded over the years, means that Monster Beverage had hundreds of billions of dollars more to plow into growing its business by expanding operations and claiming greater market share.
A similar dynamic benefitted&nbsp;Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/KO#NYSE">KO</a>). If you've ever wondered why the ticker symbol is KO rather than CO or CC, it's because Wall Street settled on an acronym for "knock out." The sentiment was that investing in Coca-Cola was a slam dunk because the invaluable brand name commanded loyalty from hundreds of millions around the world. How could investors go wrong?
Sure enough, $100 invested in Coca-Cola at the time of its 1919 initial public offering (IPO) would have turned into $1.25 million a century later. A lot of factors are behind that performance, but it's not a coincidence that Coca-Cola had to pay just $24 billion in operating costs in 2020, or less than 10% of what Apple paid.
So, while tech stocks understandably get most of the mainstream media's attention, investors should never discount the power of companies that can grow earnings each year without massive research and development budgets. As they say on Wall Street, "boring can be beautiful" when it comes to markets—and Monster Beverage proves it.
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