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Altria Group -

- DOW JONES 30 - Tobacco

Altria Group, Inc. (ALG) is a holding company. As of December 31, 2008, ALG?s wholly owned subsidiaries included Philip Morris USA Inc. (PM USA) and John Middleton Co. (Middleton).

MARGIN OF SAFETY of Altria Group : (not calculated)
How is the Margin of Safety calculated ?

QUALITY :
Conservative Investors : Earnings Stability OKDividends OK
Enterprising Investors : Earnings Stability OKDividends OK

What are the Stars ?

FORUMS
VISIT Altria Group FORUM !
Alerts : no buy or sell alert
What are the alerts ?

Price over 1 year :

PRICE, INTRINSIC VALUE & MARGIN OF SAFETY based on GRAHAM's FORMULA
What is the Graham's Formula ?
Altria Group price is :
(as of 5/21/2009)
USD
Current Earnings per Share
(2009 est.) are :
USD
Estimated Long Term Growth
(% per Year) is :

%

INTRINSIC VALUE =
MARGIN OF SAFETY =
(not calculated)
How is Long Term Growth estimated for Altria Group ?


Historical analysis for Altria Group - See detail



QUALITATIVE FILTERS FOR Altria Group
What are the Stars ?
DEFENSIVE
Earnings Stability OKDividends OK
ENTERPRISING
Earnings Stability OKDividends OK
COMPANY SIZE (MKT CAP. Mls $) Very Large 34,406 mls.$ OK
The company's Market cap. is above 5000 millions dollars
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FINANCIAL CONDITION Current Ratio 1.55
The current ratio is under 2

The current ratio is above 1.5
LT Debt/Net Curr. Assets 1.87
The LTdebt/current assets ratio is above 1

The LTdebt/current assets ratio is above 1.1
EARNINGS STABILITY Losses / 10 - 5 Years 0 / 0
No losses in the past ten years

No losses in the past five years
DIVIDENDS Years of Dividends 15
15 years of dividend in the past 15 years

Current dividends paid
EARNINGS GROWTH Growth 10-5 Years -48% / -61%
Total Earnings growth under 33% for the past 10 years

Last year earnings under earnings 5 years ago
VALUATION P.E. x P/Book 116.79
P.E. x P/Book is above 22.5

P/Book is above 1.20
P.E. 9.6 OK
PE is under 15
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P/Book 12.17 NO
P/Book is above 1.5
NO
P/Book is above 1.2

Altria Group - Competitors for Tobacco

 

STOCK QUALITY
Conservative Investors
MARGIN OF SAFETY
Long Term Growth
Price / Earnings

 

Imperial Tobacco
- U.K.
FTSE 100
Tobacco
Earnings Stability OKEarnings Growth OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
201.93 %
Long Term Growth : 10.99 %
Price / Earnings : 10.1 x
1615 / 160.01 =
KT&G
- Korea
Kospi50
Tobacco
Financial Condition OKEarnings Stability OKEarnings Growth OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
172.54 %
Long Term Growth : 9.79 %
Price / Earnings : 10.3 x
68500 / 6647.74 =
Brit Am Tobacco
- U.K.
FTSE 100
Tobacco
Earnings Stability OKEarnings Growth OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
169.80 %
Long Term Growth : 11.12 %
Price / Earnings : 11.4 x
1667 / 146.30 =
Souza Cruz
- Brazil
Bovespa
Tobacco
Earnings Stability OKEarnings Growth OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
88.36 %
Long Term Growth : 6.60 %
Price / Earnings : 11.5 x
50 / 4.34 =
ITC
- India
Nifty50
Tobacco
Financial Condition OKEarnings Stability OKEarnings Growth OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
71.97 %
Long Term Growth : 11.08 %
Price / Earnings : 17.8 x
183.6 / 10.30 =
JAPAN TOBACCO
- Tokyo
Nikkei 225
Tobacco
Dividends OKEarnings Growth OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
61.17 %
Long Term Growth : 11.38 %
Price / Earnings : 19.4 x
277400 / 14300.00 =
Altria Group
- U.S.A.
DOW JONES 30
Tobacco
Earnings Stability OKDividends OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
0.00 %
Long Term Growth : 0.00 %
Price / Earnings : 9.6 x
16.64 / 1.74 =
Reynolds Amricn
- U.S.A.
SP 500
Tobacco
Earnings Growth OKValuation OK
MARGIN OF SAFETY :
0.00 %
Long Term Growth : 0.00 %
Price / Earnings : 9.1 x
39.29 / 4.30 =