Altria Group Inc vs Msci Inc — how do they compare? Altria Group Inc trades at $74.53 (market cap $124.67B), while Msci Inc trades at $562.44 (market cap $45.51B). The key difference: Altria Group Inc is far larger — about 2.7× Msci Inc's market cap, and Altria Group Inc pays the higher dividend (5.68%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| MO | MSCI | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $124.67B | $45.51B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Financials |
52-Week High | $74.66 | $643.83 |
52-Week Low | $54.72 | $511.84 |
Enterprise Value | $145.75B | $51.67B |
Dividend Yield | 5.68% | 1.31% |
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Altria comprises Philip Morris USA, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco, John Middleton, Helix Innovations, and Philip Morris Capital, although the company plans to wind down Philip Morris Capital by the end of 2022. It holds a 10% interest in the world's largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev. Through its tobacco subsidiaries, Altria holds the leading position in cigarettes and smokeless tobacco in the United States and the number-two spot in machine-made cigars. The company's Marlboro brand is the leading cigarette brand in the U.S. with a 43% share in 2020. Altria holds strategic investments in JUUL Labs (35% economic interest) and Cronos (42%).
Read more on MO →MSCI describes its mission as enabling investors to build better portfolios for a better world. MSCI's largest and most profitable segment is its index segment, where it provides benchmarking to asset managers and asset owners. In addition, it boasts over $1 trillion in ETF assets linked to MSCI indexes. The MSCI analytics segment provides portfolio management and risk management analytics software to asset managers and asset owners. MSCI's all other segment was broken out into ESG and climate and private assets segments in 2021. In ESG and climate, MSCI provides ESG data to the investment industry. In the private assets side, MSCI provides real restate reporting, market data, benchmarking, and analytics to investors and real estate managers.
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