Virginia-based Altria Group, Inc. (MO) manufactures and sells smokeable and oral tobacco products. Valued at $104.1 billion by market cap, the company offers cigarettes primarily under the Marlboro brand, large cigars and pipe tobacco under the Black & Mild brand, moist smokeless tobacco and snus products under the Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, and Husky brands, and more.
Shares of this leading tobacco company have outperformed the broader market over the past year. MO has gained 19% over this time frame, while the broader S&P 500 Index ($SPX) has rallied nearly 16.1%. However, over the past six months, MO stock has soared 6.3%, trailing the SPX’s 9.2% gains on a
