Altria Group (BUE:MO) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 5.94 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)

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What is Altria Group 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Altria Group's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 5.94.

The historical rank and industry rank for Altria Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

BUE:MO' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.86 Med: 6.54 Max: 12.17
Current: 5.94

During the past 13 years, Altria Group's highest Yield on Cost was 12.17. The lowest was 3.86. And the median was 6.54.

BUE:MO's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
90.91% of 33 companies
in the Tobacco Products industry
Industry Median: 6.2 vs BUE:MO: 5.94

Competitive Comparison of Altria Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Tobacco subindustry, Altria Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Altria Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Tobacco Products Industry

For the Tobacco Products industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Altria Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Altria Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.

Altria Group 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Altria Group is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Altria Group (BUE:MO) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.

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Altria Group (BUE:MO) Business Description

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Address

6601 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA, USA, 23230

Website

https://www.altria.com

Altria comprises Philip Morris USA, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco, John Middleton, Horizon Innovations and Helix Innovations. It holds a 10% interest in the world's largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev. Through its tobacco subsidiaries, Altria holds 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 U.S. with a 42% annual share in 2022. Altria holds a 42% stake in cannabis manufacturer Cronos, has acquired Njoy Holdings in 2023, and recently exited its strategic investment in Juul Labs.