Most investors buy Altria Group(NYSE: MO) Stock does not do it in the hope of enjoying explosive stocks. The stock has it behind the S&P 500 years. But the dividend? That is a different story. Altria is a world -class dividend supply with a huge return and a track record of payment increases of more than five decades.
The dividend king has shown some life this year. This month the share climbed above $ 56 to the highest price since the beginning of 2022 before he withdrew to around $ 50.
That pullback can make this a perfect buying option for dividend-hungry investors who are looking for annual annual investment returns with double digits.
Many investors regard tobacco companies as the old guard of the stock market. The smoke rates of the US have fallen for decades and it is generally known how terrible tobacco use of any kind is for health. Altria, who sells cigarettes, sells tobacco and sells smokeless nicotine products in the United States, still gets the vast majority of his income and income from the sale of cigarettes. Marlboro is the flagship brand of Altria.
But even today, people underestimate how resilient the tobacco industry is. The addictive nature of nicotine and high regulatory barriers for new participants in the industry has enabled Altria to steadily increase prices per pack, more than the fact that Altria sells fewer cigarettes every year.
The combination of those price increases and the company’s share purchases has been sufficient to increase the free cash flow per share of Altria in general.
Mo Free Cash Flow per share of data by Ycharts
Nobody will confuse Altria with a fast -growing company. Income grow with a low percentage percentage. The bottom line is that it continues to produce a slow and steady growth. Will that continue forever? Nobody can know for sure. However, there are no signs that it will stop soon. Analysts estimate that Altria will grow by just over 3% annually for the next three to five years.
The management team of a company may choose how much it pays in dividends, but it cannot fully control the dividend yield, because that also depends on the stock price. Sometimes high yields can seduce investors – they can look like easy money. However, the dividend yield of a share can be high because the market is of the opinion that the company cannot afford to maintain its payment at earlier levels, or because other red flags lowered the share race.
In that context, shares with a high return can appear to be poor investments, especially if the company lowers its dividend. Such low quality shares with high yields on their way to payouts are sometimes called interest cases.
Altria’s dividend revenue is high because the income is slowly growing. The market knows that the majority of the return on the shares will come from dividends, and the stock price will reflect that. Yet Altria is not a revenue because the payment is safe. The company routinely spends around 80% of its income to dividends.
That is a higher dividend payment than most companies, but Altria’s activities require few investments. It can’t even advertise because of tobacco laws. That unique business model enables Altria to divide more profit as dividends than most companies.
Altria has been around for generations and is one of the best performing shares ever. However, it has it behind the S&P 500 For years now. Yet it could be a market -sticking shares again.
Largely thanks to the artificial intelligence trend, the S&P 500 last year enjoyed a great rally of 31% and acts with a price-win ratio (p/e) of 24, well above the historical average. Although it is an attempt to try the market, there may be more volatility in the future, there could be more volatility, and if an American recession takes place, it could cause a decline in the market.
In the meantime, Altria has a fairly simple path to investment returns with double digits. Based on the current dividend yield of 8.1% and the expectation for profit growth from 3% to 4%, it could generate a return between 11% and 12% annually. With a P/E -Ratio under 9, the appreciation of Altria is reasonable enough that investors have less chance of a further dramatic decrease in the valuation of the shares. Now that the Federal Reserve has started reducing interest rates, the market can even support higher valuations for shares with a high efficiency such as Altria.
Altria shares can offer reliable dividends and even surprise investors with its total return potential. The slow growth means that investors do not have to pay too much for the share, so the recent dip offers a perfect opportunity to add shares, while the stock price is still useful.
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