During Q3 2018 the big money sentiment increased to 0.93. That’s change of 0.11, from 2018Q2’s 0.82. 52 investors sold all, 495 reduced holdings as MO ratio improved. 382 rose positions while 128 funds acquired positions. Funds hold 1.17 billion shares thus 1.41% more from 2018Q2’s 1.16 billion shares. Massachusetts-based Cadence Capital Ltd Liability Co has invested 0.72% in Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO). Strategic Wealth Ltd Liability Corporation holds 0.11% or 14,368 shs. Keystone Planning has 2.58% invested in Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO). Signalpoint Asset Ltd Liability Corp invested in 5,679 shs. 14,445 are held by Ntv Asset Mgmt Llc. Fishman Jay A Limited Mi accumulated 37,530 shs. Athena Advisors Ltd owns 1.69% invested in Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) for 97,440 shs. Citizens & Northern invested 0.31% of its capital in Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO). 19,115 are held by Monroe Commercial Bank Mi. Rothschild Investment Il invested in 0.07% or 9,964 shs. 26,605 were accumulated by Cohen Klingenstein Ltd Liability Co. Apg Asset Mngmt Nv has invested 0.05% of its capital in Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO). Smith Chas P And Assocs Pa Cpas has 0.24% invested in Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) for 32,857 shs. Wall Street Access Asset Mngmt Ltd Liability Corp owns 5,884 shs. Summit Asset Mgmt Ltd Company has 0.1% invested in Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) for 3,616 shs.

MO had 1 insider sale and 0 insider buys since August 29, 2018. This’s net activity of $184,966.

According to 2018Q3 Securities and Exchange form the Independent Franchise Partners Llp rose its holdings in Altria Group Inc (MO) by 19.73%. By buying 2.46M shares Independent Franchise Partners Llp made the stock sank with 11.92%. At the end of 2018Q3, the 14.93M shares of the farming and seeds and milling company held by the institutional investor were priced at $900.66 million, up from 12.47 million at the end of the previous reported quarter. $91.06 billion is the MC of Altria Group Inc. The stock decreased 0.51% or $0.25 during the last trading session, touching $48.59.Altria Group, Inc. has volume of 1.03M shares. Since February 11, 2018 MO has declined 25.37% and is downtrending. MO underperformed by 25.37% the S&P 500.

Independent Franchise Partners Llp operates about $13.30B and $10.41B US Long portfolio. According to a filing the fund decreased its stake in Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (NYSE:CMG) by 16,673 shares to 1.30 million shares, valued at $591.88 million in 2018Q3. Independent Franchise Partners Llp has cut its stake in Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) and also reduced its holding in Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) by 24,415 shares in the quarter, for a total of 3.49M shares.

For more Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) news published recently go to: Fool.com, Seekingalpha.com, Fool.com, 247Wallst.com or Fool.com. The titles are as follows: “Why Is Almost 20% of Marijuana’s Biggest ETF Invested in 1 Pot Stock? – Motley Fool” published on February 08, 2019, “My Update On Altria’s Cigarette Volume Declines – Seeking Alpha” on February 05, 2019, “Why the FDA Is Angry at Altria’s $13 Billion Juul Investment – Motley Fool” with a publish date: January 15, 2019, “Merrill Lynch Has 5 Safe Growth Stocks to Buy That All Yield 5% or More – 24/7 Wall St.” and the last “This Could Be the Next Marijuana Stock to Take Off (Hint: It’s Not Canopy Growth) – The Motley Fool” with publication date: February 10, 2019.

Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) Ratings Coverage

Total analysts of 7 have positions in Altria Group (NYSE:MO) as follows: 2 rated it a “Buy”, 2 with “Sell” and 3 with “Hold”. The positive are 29%. Since August 24, 2018 according to StockzIntelligence Inc Altria Group has 8 analyst reports. The stock rating was downgraded by Cowen & Co to “Market Perform” on Monday, January 7. The company rating was downgraded by Citigroup on Friday, December 21. On Tuesday, January 22 Morgan Stanley downgraded Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) rating. Morgan Stanley has “Underweight” rating and $45 target. On Friday, September 21 Citigroup maintained the shares of MO in report with “Neutral” rating. On Monday, October 29 the rating was maintained by Argus Research with “Buy”. On Friday, August 24 the stock of Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) earned “Hold” rating by Jefferies.