Marlboro Maker Altria Lifts Profit Forecast As Pricing Power Cushions Cigarette Volume Declines

Altria Group Inc. (NYSE:MO) stock rose on Thursday after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter results and raised its outlook.

Benzinga • 6 hours ago

Altria Lifts Earnings Outlook as Profit, Revenue Climb

The tobacco company posted a third-quarter profit of $2.52 billion, or $1.51 a share, compared with $2.38 billion, or $1.41 a share, a year earlier.

WSJ • 10 hours ago

Altria Group, Inc. (MO) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Altria Group, Inc. (MO) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha • 5 hours ago

Altria Reports 2026 Third-Quarter and Nine-Months Results; Announces Expanded Share Repurchase Program; Raises 2026 Full-Year Earnings Guidance

RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $mo #altria--Altria Reports 2026 Third-Quarter and Nine-Months Results; Announces Expanded Share Repurchase Program; Raises 2026 Full-Year Earnings Guidance.

Business Wire • 11 hours ago

Altria (MO) Q3 Earnings and Revenues Top Estimates

Altria (MO) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.52 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.51 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.45 per share a year ago.

Zacks Investment Research • 8 hours ago

Altria (MO) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Altria (MO) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended September 2026, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Zacks Investment Research • 7 hours ago

Altria Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates on Strong Pricing & Higher Profits

MO's third-quarter earnings beat estimates as strong pricing lifted smokeable profits, while it raised the full-year earnings outlook and expanded buybacks.

Zacks Investment Research • 4 hours ago

Verizon Used Just 49% of Its Free Cash Flow for Dividends. Here Are 4 Other High-Yield Stocks

A fat dividend yield means nothing if the company is borrowing to fund it. These five stocks prove their payouts with cold, hard cash flow numbers that tell a very different story than the yield alone.

24/7 Wall Street • 5 hours ago

Retire on Dividends: 5 High-Yield Stocks Boomers Are Buying and Holding Forever

Treasury yields near 5% make dividend stocks work harder to justify their risk, yet five companies spanning tobacco, pipelines, telecom, pharma, and net-lease real estate have kept raising their payouts through every rate spike in recent memory.

24/7 Wall Street • Oct 28, 2026

Altria Group Now Yields Twice as Much as Coca-Cola. Is It the Most Overlooked Dividend Stock?

Altria yields roughly 6%, more than double Coca-Cola's 2.3%. Altria just made its 61st dividend increase in 57 years and is funding continued growth through cigarette pricing power.

The Motley Fool • Oct 28, 2026