Altria Hits 52-Week High as 277th Ranked Stock in Daily Liquidity Amid Strategy Outperforming Benchmark by 137.53%

Altria Group (MO) closed August 8, 2025, with a 1.01% gain, trading at a 52-week high of $63.80. The stock maintained a market capitalization of $107 billion amid a trading volume of $350 million, ranking 277th in daily liquidity. Strong earnings performance and operational resilience underpinned investor confidence in the tobacco giant.

Second-quarter 2025 results highlighted Altria’s ability to exceed expectations, reporting adjusted diluted EPS of $1.44 against a $1.38 forecast and revenue of $6.1 billion versus an estimated $5.2 billion. BofA Securities raised its price target to $64.00 from $63.00, citing stable net sales growth of 0.2% to $5.3 billion as a key factor. The update reinforced the company’s capacity to navigate economic pressures and illicit trade challenges.

A strategy of purchasing the top 500 stocks by daily trading volume and holding them for one day generated a 166.71% return from 2022 to the present, significantly outperforming the benchmark return of 29.18% by 137.53%. This underscores the role of liquidity concentration in short-term performance, particularly in volatile markets where high-volume stocks exhibit amplified price momentum.