Altria business faces tough challenges, but it pays hefty dividends.The S&P 500 has gained more than 26% in the last year. However, it's important to remember that not all stocks benefit from a strong market.During this time, Altria Group (MO 0.28%) lost about 2%. Does this present a buying opportunity? Or should you sell the shares and invest that money elsewhere?To make that determination, it's time to better understand Altria's business and prospects. Declining businessAltria produces cigarettes, cigars, ...

High yields and a strong chance for steady payout raises in the years ahead make these great stocks to buy now.Investors looking to pad their passive income streams with high-yield dividend stocks have three excellent choices. If you have an extra $100 to invest, you could set yourself up with dividends from Realty Income (O -0.11%), Altria Group (MO 0.28%), or Pfizer (PFE -0.97%).All three of these dividend payers have long histories of steady annual dividend raises. Plus, they offer yields above 5% at rec ...

Altria has a huge yield and a struggling business. I'd rather own this other consumer staples company despite the troubles it's facing.I like to buy companies with long histories of dividend increases while they are offering historically high dividend yields. On the surface, that would suggest that I might want to buy Altria (MO 0.28%) and its huge 8.7% yield. No, thanks: I'd rather own Hormel Foods (HRL 0.61%) and its much lower 3.1% yield. Here's why.Altria's core business is shrinking fastAltria's bigges ...

This Stock Is Up 13% This Year and Has an 8.5% Yield asimzb / Flickr 24/7 Insights:Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) has several reasons for its generous dividend.Its yield is almost certain to stay high for years.The share price of Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO), the tobacco company, has risen 14% this year to about $46. That compares to an 11% gain for the S&P 500. The stock also has an 8.52% dividend yield. Altria is rarely purchased because it is a candidate for sharp price increases, so for some investors, ...

intek1 Since I last wrote about tobacco company Altria (NYSE:MO) in February, its price is up by 11%. No surprises here. Just going by the company’s market multiples, it was evident even then that a price uptick was possible. This was further confirmed by its high, sustained dividends as well as a small increase in its adjusted diluted earnings per share [EPS] for the full year 2023. Now, however, the gap between the stock’s forward non-GAAP price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio and its five-year average has sh ...

Altria (MO) is one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com visitors lately. So, it might be a good idea to review some of the factors that might affect the near-term performance of the stock.Over the past month, shares of this owner of Philip Morris USA, the nation's largest cigarette maker have returned +11.6%, compared to the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +5% change. During this period, the Zacks Tobacco industry, which Altria falls in, has gained 12.3%. The key question now is: What could be the stock's futu ...

Despite tumbling by more than 40%, these time-tested income stocks -- sporting an average yield of 7.57% -- are ripe for the picking by opportunistic investors.One of the greatest aspects about putting your money to work on Wall Street is there are countless ways to grow your wealth. Regardless of your risk tolerance or investment focus, there are thousands of individual companies and/or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that can meet your criteria.But among this endless sea of possible investment strategies, on ...

The clock is ticking faster for Altria to pivot its business model.Tobacco stocks have been phenomenal performers over the long term. They have strong profit margins and the consistent ability to raise prices, so shareholders who have held on for multiple decades have seen total returns (stock price appreciation plus dividends) that trounce the broad market by a wide margin.However, in the last 10 years, the largest tobacco companies have struggled. Altria Group (MO 0.43%), which controls the Marlboro brand ...

The tobacco giant pays an unusually high dividend.Altria (MO 0.27%) pays one of the most generous dividends on the stock market today. The tobacco giant has sent $32 billion to shareholders through these payments over the past five years, in fact, even as it spent aggressively on stock repurchases.The dividend yield on the stock is extremely high, partly because the company commits to sending a large portion of annual earnings back to investors each year. But how much of an investment would it take to secur ...

Guido MiethWe previously covered Altria (NYSE:MO) in February 2024, discussing why we had maintained our Buy rating then, with the stock consistently supported at the $40s. At the same time, investors only needed to be patient as the NJOY acquisition was likely to bear results by H2'24. Combined with the robust profitability and the management's sustained share repurchases, we believed that the tobacco company's dividends remained safe throughout the slow but sure transition. Since then, MO has already ...