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Altria Group (WBO:ALTR) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate : 4.10% (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Altria Group 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate?

Altria Group's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was €0.97.

During the past 12 months, Altria Group's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.40% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Altria Group was 100.20% per year. The lowest was -26.50% per year. And the median was 8.50% per year.

Altria Group's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.79. As of today, Altria Group's Dividend Yield % is 7.63%.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Altria Group Inc is 0.78, which seems too high.

Warning Sign:

Altria Group Inc stock Dividend Yield % is close to 2-year low.

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Competitive Comparison of Altria Group's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Tobacco subindustry, Altria Group's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate 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 Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Tobacco Products Industry

For the Tobacco Products industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Altria Group's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Altria Group's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.


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Altria Group 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation

This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.


Altria Group  (WBO:ALTR) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Altria Group's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Dec. 2024 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=0.974/ 1.232
=0.79

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Altria Group was 0.79. The lowest was 0.49. And the median was 0.78.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Altria Group Inc is 0.78, which seems too high.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Altria Group Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 1.0200002025-03-252025-03-252025-04-30Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.960000
USD 1.0200002024-12-272024-12-262025-01-10Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.955000
USD 1.0200002024-09-162024-09-162024-10-10Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.901000
USD 0.9800002024-06-142024-06-142024-07-10Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.929000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Altria Group's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=3.78274/49.44
=7.65 %

Current Share Price is €49.44.
Altria Group's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is €3.78274.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Altria Group was 9.67%. The lowest was 3.07%. And the median was 6.86%.

Warning Sign:

Altria Group Inc stock Dividend Yield % is close to 2-year low.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


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Altria Group Business Description

Address
6601 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA, USA, 23230
Altria comprises Philip Morris USA, us Smokeless Tobacco, John Middleton, Horizon Innovations, and Helix Innovations. Through its tobacco subsidiaries, Altria maintains 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 us with 42% annual share in 2023. Beyond its core business, it holds an 8% interest in the world's largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev, a 42% stake in cannabis manufacturer Cronos, acquired Njoy Holdings in 2023, and operates a joint venture with Japan Tobacco in the heated tobacco category. It also recently disposed of its investment in Juul Labs.