Valued at $96.8 billion by market cap, Altria Group, Inc. (MO) is a leading tobacco company and consumer staples holding firm headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. It is one of the largest manufacturers and marketers of smokeable and oral tobacco products in the United States, with its most prominent brands including Marlboro cigarettes, Black & Mild cigars, and smokeless tobacco products such as Copenhagen and Skoal.
Altria Group is ready to release its fourth-quarter results soon. Ahead of the event, analysts expect MO to report an adjusted EPS of $1.30, up marginally from $1.29 reported in the year-ago quarter. The company has surpassed Street’s bottom-line estimates in all of the past four quarters.
