Altria Group As of October 10, 2023 ticker dps (an.) 2024 hike 2023 hike 2022 hike
MO $3.92 4.3% 4.4% 4.7%
Business yield Hike yrs 5 yr CAGR freq. paid since
Tobacco 9.2% 54 7.3% Quarter N/A

Altria Group (MO) will raise its quarterly dividend by 7.3 percent to $0.44 per share in 2012. Last year the tobacco company hiked its dividend by 3 cents to 41 cents per share quarterly.

The increased dividend is payable on October 10, 2012 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 14, 2012. The ex-date for his next dividend of 44 cents per share is September 12, 2012.

Altria Group, Inc. is a holding company. Altria’s wholly-owned subsidiaries include Philip Morris USA Inc., U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC, John Middleton Co., Nu Mark LLC, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Ltd. and Philip Morris Capital Corporation. Altria's tobacco brands include Marlboro, Black & Mild, Copenhagen, Skoal, MarkTen and Green Smoke. Altria also holds an equity investment in brewer SAB-Miller.