Altria: Altria Group, Inc. : The stock forcefully approaches new pivot levels

Summary ● The company presents an interesting fundamental situation from a short-term investment perspective. ● The company's MSCI ESG score, based on a ranking of the company relative to its industry, comes out particularly well. Strengths ● The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes. ● The group's activity appears highly profitable thanks to its outperforming net margins. ● With a P/E ratio at 10.82 for the current year and 10.55 for next year, earnings multiples are highly attractive compared with competitors. ● This company will be of major interest to investors in search of a high dividend stock. ● There is high visibility into the group's activities for the coming years. Outlooks on future revenues from analysts covering the equity remain similar. Such hardly dispersed estimates support highly predictable sales for the current and upcoming fiscal years. Weaknesses ● As estimated by analysts, this group is among those businesses with the lowest growth prospects. ● The company's earnings growth outlook lacks momentum and is a weakness. ● The company is in a hindered financial situation with significant debt and rather low EBITDA levels. ● The company's "enterprise value to sales" ratio is among the highest in the world. ● The company presents an interesting fundamental situation from a short-term investment perspective. ● The company's MSCI ESG score, based on a ranking of the company relative to its industry, comes out particularly well. ● The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes. ● The group's activity appears highly profitable thanks to its outperforming net margins. ● With a P/E ratio at 10.82 for the current year and 10.55 for next year, earnings multiples are highly attractive compared with competitors. ● This company will be of major interest to investors in search of a high dividend stock. ● There is high visibility into the group's activities for the coming years. Outlooks on future revenues from analysts covering the equity remain similar. Such hardly dispersed estimates support highly predictable sales for the current and upcoming fiscal years. ● As estimated by analysts, this group is among those businesses with the lowest growth prospects. ● The company's earnings growth outlook lacks momentum and is a weakness. ● The company is in a hindered financial situation with significant debt and rather low EBITDA levels. ● The company's "enterprise value to sales" ratio is among the highest in the world.