5 Most Valuable Cigarette Companies in the World

2. Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO)

Like many of the other entries on this list, Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO), too, is focused on Moving Beyond Smoking with their vision being to “responsibly lead the transition of adult smokers to a non-combustible future” by 2030 — as such, their most well-known brand, aside from Marlboro cigarettes, is Juul, a market leader in electronic nicotine products. This diversification into non-smoking nicotine alternatives has allowed Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) to stay at the top of the tobacco and cigarette industry. In fact, they were recently named a Top 25 Dividend Giant by the ETF channel, owing to their 7.10% yield last quarter.

Altria’s success has not only consistently put them on the Fortune 500 — the company is at rank 138 this year — but their market cap of $89.71 billion (NYSE: MO) also puts them in second place on the list of the fifteen most valuable cigarette companies in the world.

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