On 21 August, Altria (MO) increased its dividend by 3.92%, from $1.02 to $1.06 per share.
The dividend is payable on 10 October to shareholders of record on 15
September.
MO's forward yield is 6.27% at $67.67 per share.
Source: Simply Safe Dividends
My yield on cost is now 8.54%.
Since I opened my position in January 2014, the stock has generated a total return of 65%, including $6,148.92
in dividend income. That's a splendid annualized rate of return of
10.9%!
MO became DivGro's 4th Home Run stock in July 2016, when the stock doubled my original capital
outlay.
5-Year History of Dividend Payouts by Ex-Date
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | • | 2025 |
| $3.400 | $3.520 | $3.680 | $3.840 | $4.000 | ⬆ | $4.160✝ |
| 3.66% | 3.53% | 4.55% | 4.35% | 4.17% | ⬇ | 4.00% |
| 5-year DGR: | 4.05% | ⬆ | 4.12% | |||
✝projected, assuming no further changes
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