Consumer Goods New Highs: Altria Group (NYSE:MO), Unilever N.V. (ADR) (NYSE:UN), Unilever plc (NYSE:UL), British American Tobacco (NYSEMKT:BTI)

Posted by on Apr 10, 2014

Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) CEO Martin J. Barrington’s pay package jumped about 69 percent to nearly $17.5 million for fiscal 2013, according to an Associated Press analysis of a regulatory filing. Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO), shares after opening at $37.87 moved to $38.18 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $38.14. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 3.10 and price to cash ratio as 23.88. Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO), showed a positive weekly performance of 1.49%.

Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) and Unilever N.V. (ADR) (NYSE:UN) joined 68 other companies in urging world governments to cap cumulative carbon emissions since the industrial revolution to 1 trillion metric tons to contain rising temperatures. Unilever N.V. (ADR) (NYSE:UN), shares advanced 0.78% in last trading session and ended the day on $42.42. Unilever N.V. (ADR) (NYSE:UN), return on equity ratio is recorded as 64.60% and its return on assets is 19.40%. Unilever N.V. (ADR) (NYSE:UN), yearly performance is 5.97%.

Shares of Unilever plc (NYSE:UL) were the target of a significant decrease in short interest in January. As of March 14th, there was short interest totalling 3,280,601 shares, a decrease of 36.6% from the February 28th total of 5,177,430 shares, Stock Ratings Network.com reports. Based on an average daily volume of 1,793,603 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Unilever plc (ADR) (NYSE:UL), shares moved up 0.92% in last trading session and was closed at $44.08, while trading in range of $ 43.78 – 44.12. Unilever plc (ADR) (NYSE:UL), year to date (YTD) performance is 8.01%.

Citigroup Inc. reissued their buy rating on shares of British American Tobacco plc (LON:BATS) in a research note released on Friday morning, Analyst Ratings Network reports. They currently have a GBX 3,650 ($60.51) target price on the stock. British American Tobacco PLC (ADR) (NYSEMKT:BTI), weekly performance is 3.39%. On last trading day company shares ended up $114.26. British American Tobacco PLC (ADR) (NYSEMKT:BTI), distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 10.53%. Analysts mean target Price for the company is $123.50.

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