Altria Group Dividend yield

Altria Group is part of Tobacco business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Altria Group is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Altria Group stock dividend

Altria Group paid a total dividend of 6,712 million USD last year, for a market value of 78,933 millions (Market Cap 78,881 millions). Altria Group dividend per share is 3.76 USD, and his stock market price 44.22 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Altria Group has a dividend yield of 8.50%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also bigger than average of Consumer Goods industry. This high dividend yield might be a sign to worry about the future of the company so deeper analysis is needed.

In addition, you should compare Altria Group stocks dividend with other Tobacco companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Altria Group Dividend Payout

About the ability of Altria Group to maintain his current dividend of USD 3.76 per share, an amount that accounts for 8.50%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Altria Group payout on ernings is currently 115.69%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 39.34% and 40.18% respectively. Both figures show that Altria Group can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Altria Group is USD 4.61 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 3.76, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Altria Group, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Consumer Goods industry and Tobacco sector companies.

Altria Group Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Altria Group's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	8.50%	3.76	115.69%	1,785
2022	8.23%	3.76	264.79%	1,792
2021	7.60%	3.60	146.34%	1,851
2020	8.39%	3.44	-546.03%	1,858
2019	6.73%	3.36	87.50%	1,871
2018	6.48%	3.20	88.15%	1,893
2017	3.70%	2.64	35.48%	1,908
2016	3.82%	2.44	91.39%	1,961
2015	3.92%	2.26	87.26%	1,961

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Altria Group dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Tobacco stocks.

Altria Group Stock performance

Finally, last moth Altria Group showed a return of -2.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -2.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Tobacco firms.