How Is Altria Group’s Stock Performance Compared to Other Consumer Defensive Stocks?

With a maximum market limit of $ 112.8 billion, Altria Group, Inc. is the company. (MO) The manufacturer and leading marketer of tobacco products in the United States. Through its subsidiaries, the company offers a various portfolio that includes iconic cigarettes, cigars, tobacco that does not smoke, nicotine marks by mouth, and E-Papor brands such as Marlboro, Black & Mild, Copenhagen, Skoal and ON! And Njoy Ace.

Companies that are more than $ 10 billion in general are described as “large size” shares, and they fly directly with this category. In addition, Altria has stock investments in the Anheuser-Busch Inbev and Cronos Group, which expands its presence to fermentation and sink.

Richmond shares, Virginia, fell 2.9 % of 52 weeks at $ 68.60. The share of MO has increased by 10.4 % over the past three months, exceeding a decrease in the SPDR SPDR SPDR (XLP) by 2.7 % on the same time frame.

In the long run, the Mott is 27.4 % on the basis of YTD, surpassing the XLP 2.5 % return. Moreover, the tobacco giant shares increased by 23.2 % over a period of 52 weeks, compared to a decrease in XLP by more than 3 % on the same time frame.

Despite some fluctuations, MO’s shares have been traded mostly above their averages for 50 days and 200 days since last year.

Altria shares increased by 3.6 % on July 30 after the company overcame the Wall Street expectations with an easy profitability of Q2 2025 of $ 1.44 and a modified revenue of $ 5.3 billion. Strong request on that! Nicotine bags, with 26.5 % shipping sizes, are compensated by a 10.2 % decrease in its smoking products sector and the constant stop of the Njoy VAPE brand. Investors’ reaction was also positively with Altria raising the annual EPS guidelines to $ 5.35 – $ 5.45.

However, Transfer Point Brands, INC. outperformed (TPB) dramatically on the stock. TPB shares increased by 61.4 % on the basis of YTD and 141.8 % over 52 weeks.

Due to the weakness of its peers in the industry, analysts are cautious about its horizons. MO Stock has a consensus classification of “Hold” from 15 analysts in coverage, and even writing, the stock is traded higher than the average price of $ 61.45.

On the date of publication, Sohini Mondal did not have positions (either directly or indirectly) in any of the securities mentioned in this article. All information and data in this article are only for media purposes. This article was originally published on Barchart.com