Altria Group Offers High Yield, But Alternative Stock May Better Serve Dividend Investors Seeking Reliable Passive Income

Revelation News Editorial DeskAugust 16, 2026

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The article compares Altria Group with another company for dividend investors. Both companies have a history of raising dividends annually for decades, indicating long-term commitment to shareholder returns.

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The chart totals every SEC-reported transaction by month and share count, separating informative purchases and sales from non-informative awards, vesting, exercises, tax withholding and transfers. Records without a reported price remain included. Only informative purchases and sales affect the conservative sentiment signal.

Recent SEC-reported share and derivative transactions in ALTRIA GROUP, INC..

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Leaning bullish

BearishNeutralBullish

1 discretionary purchases · 0 discretionary sales

Confidence: Low

Informative buyNon-informative buyInformative sellNon-informative sell

Insiders	Activity	Description	Shares	Avg. price / share	Est. value	Trade date
Vice President and ControllerPatterson Katie F	Non-informative sell	Common StockTax or exercise-price withholding (F)	1,268	—	—	Oct 14, 2026
DirectorMcQUADE KATHRYN B.	Informative buy	Common StockOpen-market or private transaction (P)	1,500	$67.62	$101,430	Sep 9, 2026
DirectorKELLY ENNIS DEBRA J	Informative sell	Common StockOpen-market or private transaction (S)	5,790	$72.2483	$418,318	May 26, 2026
DirectorStrahlman Ellen R	Informative sell	Common StockOpen-market or private transaction (S)	2,000	$72.559	$145,118	May 26, 2026
DirectorStrahlman Ellen R	Non-informative buy	Common StockCompany grant or award (A)	2,571	—	—	May 14, 2026

As filed with the SEC. Estimated value is shown only for purchases or sales with a positive reported transaction price; awards, gifts and similar activity are not assigned an assumed market value. Amendments may change the record. This is not investment advice.

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Open short positions reported twice monthly; this is not daily short-sale volume.

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Recent reported earnings per share compared with the analyst consensus available from Nasdaq.

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Owner	Activity	Change	Shares held	Value (thousands)	Reported
Vanguard Group Inc	Buy	1,903,530 (1.197%)	160,980,626	$12,245,796	12/31/2025
Blackrock, Inc.	Buy	1,325,175 (1.062%)	126,073,166	$9,590,386	6/30/2026
Vanguard Capital Management Llc	Buy	196,910 (0.181%)	109,032,952	$8,294,137	6/30/2026
State Street Corp	Sell	-1,599,699 (-2.228%)	70,192,620	$5,339,553	6/30/2026
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc	Buy	4,841,988 (8.92%)	59,122,097	$4,497,418	6/30/2026
Capital Research Global Investors	Buy	32,973,712 (128.403%)	58,653,624	$4,461,781	6/30/2026
Geode Capital Management, Llc	Buy	699,212 (1.487%)	47,721,870	$3,630,203	6/30/2026
Vanguard Portfolio Management Llc	Sell	-1,488,710 (-4.228%)	33,719,478	$2,565,041	6/30/2026
Gqg Partners Llc	Buy	1,274,783 (5.348%)	25,111,622	$1,910,241	6/30/2026
Morgan Stanley	Sell	-1,752,794 (-7.167%)	22,702,935	$1,727,012	6/30/2026
Ameriprise Financial Inc	Buy	544,333 (2.531%)	22,047,402	$1,677,146	6/30/2026
Capital World Investors	Buy	64,574 (0.351%)	18,480,673	$1,405,825	6/30/2026

Settlement date	Short interest	Avg. daily volume	Change vs. previous report	Days to cover
Sep 30, 2026	37,631,259	8,006,116	-3.61%	4.70
Sep 15, 2026	39,038,757	8,045,100	-6.11%	4.85
Aug 31, 2026	41,579,040	9,173,624	+2.50%	4.53
Aug 14, 2026	40,563,757	9,730,932	-20.10%	4.17
Jul 31, 2026	50,769,586	9,054,922	-4.45%	5.61
Jul 15, 2026	53,134,147	6,175,621	+3.28%	8.60
Jun 30, 2026	51,448,610	9,365,731	-0.64%	5.49
Jun 15, 2026	51,780,148	7,986,292	-1.35%	6.48

Fiscal quarter	Reported	EPS	Consensus	Surprise
Jun 2026	Jul 30, 2026	1.48	1.5	-1.33%
Mar 2026	Apr 30, 2026	1.32	1.24	+6.45%
Dec 2025	Jan 29, 2026	1.30	1.31	-0.76%
Sep 2025	Oct 30, 2025	1.45	1.44	+0.69%

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