Altria Ownership

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Altria holds a total of 1.69 Billion outstanding shares. Over half of Altria's outstanding shares are owned by other corporate entities. These other corporate entities are typically referred to as corporate investors that acquire positions in a given instrument to benefit from reduced trade commissions. On September 12, 2024, Representative Pete Sessions of US Congress acquired under $15k worth of Altria Group's common stock.
 
Shares in Circulation  
First Issued
1985-09-30
Previous Quarter
1.7 B
Current Value
1.7 B
Avarage Shares Outstanding
2.2 B
Quarterly Volatility
352.1 M
 
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Some institutional investors establish a significant position in stocks such as Altria in order to find ways to drive up its value. Retail investors, on the other hand, need to know that institutional holders can own millions of shares of Altria, and when they decide to sell, the stock will often sell-off, which may instantly impact shareholders' value. So, traders who get in early or near the beginning of the institutional investor's buying cycle could potentially generate profits.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Altria Group. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in persons.

Altria Stock Ownership Analysis

About 61.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors. The company recorded earning per share (EPS) of 6.54. Altria Group last dividend was issued on the 26th of December 2024. The entity had 3:1 split on the 11th of April 1997. Altria Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells smokeable and oral tobacco products in the United States. Altria Group, Inc. was founded in 1822 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. Altria operates under Tobacco classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 6000 people. To find out more about Altria Group contact the company at 804 274 2200 or learn more at https://www.altria.com.
Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, Altria also allocates a substantial amount of its earnings to a pull of share-based compensation to be paid out to its employees, managers, executives, and members of the board of directors. Share-Based compensation (also sometimes called Stock-Based Compensation) is a way of paying different Altria's stakeholders with equity in the business. It is typically used as a motivation factor for employees to contribute beyond their regular compensation (salary and bonus). It is also used as a tool to align Altria's strategic interests with those of the company's shareholders. Shares issued to employees are usually subject to a vesting period before they are earned and sold.

Altria Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity

35.18 Billion

Altria Insider Trades History

Less than 1% of Altria Group are currently held by insiders. Unlike Altria's institutional investors, corporate insiders most likely have a limit on the maximum percentage of share ownership. This is done to align insiders' influence against Altria's private investors even though both sides will benefit from rising prices or experience loss when the share price declines. The good rule to have in mind is that the maximum share ownership percentage of the corporate insiders should not surpass 25%. View all of Altria's insider trades
 
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Altria Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as Altria is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Altria Group backward and forwards among themselves. Altria's institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase Altria's securities or originate loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Capital Research Global Investors2024-12-31
12.1 M
Amvescap Plc.2024-12-31
11.8 M
Goldman Sachs Group Inc2024-12-31
11.6 M
Bank Of America Corp2024-12-31
11.2 M
Pacer Advisors, Inc.2024-12-31
10.3 M
Ameriprise Financial Inc2024-12-31
10 M
Ubs Group Ag2024-12-31
9.3 M
Royal Bank Of Canada2024-12-31
8.9 M
Legal & General Group Plc2024-12-31
8.3 M
Vanguard Group Inc2024-12-31
156.8 M
Blackrock Inc2024-12-31
133.4 M
Note, although Altria's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Altria Group Insider Trading Activities

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific Altria insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on Altria's material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases Altria insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.

Altria's latest congressional trading

Congressional trading in companies like Altria Group, is subject to rigorous scrutiny to prevent conflicts of interest and insider trading. This is governed by multiple SEC regulations which were established to foster transparency and deter members of Congress from leveraging non-public information for personal gain. This oversight helps maintain public trust and ensures that investments in Altria by those in governmental positions are based on the same information available to the general public.
2024-09-12Representative Pete SessionsAcquired Under $15KVerify
2024-02-05Representative Virginia FoxxAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-11-07Representative Virginia FoxxAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-07-28Representative Virginia FoxxAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-02-03Representative Virginia FoxxAcquired Under $15KVerify
2021-11-02Representative Virginia FoxxAcquired Under $15KVerify
2021-08-30Representative David Cheston RouzerAcquired Under $15KVerify
2021-08-02Representative Virginia FoxxAcquired Under $15KVerify
2021-02-01Representative Virginia FoxxAcquired Under $15KVerify
2020-11-06Representative Virginia FoxxAcquired Under $15KVerify
2020-09-28Representative David Cheston RouzerAcquired Under $15KVerify
2019-02-15Representative Frank PalloneAcquired Under $15KVerify
2019-01-08Representative Rodney Leland BlumAcquired $100K to $250KVerify
2019-01-04Representative Josh GottheimerAcquired Under $15KVerify

Altria Outstanding Bonds

Altria issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. Altria Group uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most Altria bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when Altria Group has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

Altria Corporate Filings

F4
19th of February 2025
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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7th of February 2025
Other Reports
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8K
6th of February 2025
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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5th of February 2025
Prospectus used primarily for registering securities for public sale.
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Pair Trading with Altria

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Altria position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Altria will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

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The ability to find closely correlated positions to Altria could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Altria when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Altria - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Altria Group to buy it.
The correlation of Altria is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Altria moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Altria Group moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Altria can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.
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Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Altria Group. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in persons.
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Is Tobacco space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Altria. If investors know Altria will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Altria listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.539
Dividend Share
4
Earnings Share
6.54
Revenue Per Share
11.9
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.016
The market value of Altria Group is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Altria that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Altria's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Altria's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Altria's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Altria's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Altria's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Altria is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Altria's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.