Based on current trends among smokers in the United States, Altria's plan is to increase the price of cigarettes could have large implications for the tobacco industry as a whole.
Chris Lange A new research report from Savita Subramanian and her well-regarded team at Merrill Lynch points out that some of the biggest positive surprises have been from the mega-cap stocks.
ThinkstockAltria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) released its first-quarter financial results Thursday before the market opened as $0.63 in earnings per share (EPS) and $5.8 billion in revenue. That compared to Thomson Reuters…
Chris Lange We combined two Merrill Lunch ideas that secular contrarians should be long, or own now, and screened the firm's stocks universe for large-cap dividend yield stocks that are rated Buy.
Historically, industries in the consumer staples arena are the real beneficiaries of a drop in oil prices, especially when the savings rate rises.
A new research note from RBC points out that when looking at stock valuations from a dividend perspective, stocks have not been this cheap in the 15 years.
Altria reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2014 results before markets opened Friday morning.
Paul Ausick Before the opening bell on Friday morning, Altria is scheduled to report fourth-quarter and full-year earnings.
Paul Ausick Tuesday's leading analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from top research calls from around Wall Street include Altria, Bank of America, Intel, SanDisk, Viacom and Time Warner.
Cowen has a long list of stocks that are out of favor at many other firms on Wall Street. These five are leaders in their respective sectors and have big dividends.
While smoking in the United States is at perhaps the lowest levels ever, the habit is still widely practiced around the rest of the world.
Lee Jackson Altria Group reported mixed third-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Thursday morning.
Paul Ausick Altria will report its third-quarter earnings Thursday before the U.S. markets open, and growth on the top and bottom lines is expected.
Chris Lange Cowen asked the analysts which stocks should be on their shopping lists. Here are the six with the biggest upside potential.
Even though buyers will buy some weakness, the go-to defensive stocks also have been bashed with the stock market correction taking place.
