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Is Altria's 8.2%-Yielding Dividend Worth the Risk? 1 Trend Suggests the Stock Could Be in Trouble. [Yahoo! Finance]

Altria Group, Inc. (MO) 
Last altria group, inc. earnings: 4/30 07:00 am Check Earnings Report
US:NYSE Investor Relations: altria.com/investors
Company Research Source: Yahoo! Finance
collect $1,000 in dividend income from Altria over the course of the year, at such a high rate. Now, compare that to the average S&P 500 yield of 1.3%. To collect $1,000 annually from that payout, you would need to invest a whopping $77,000. There's a huge incentive to buying high-yielding stocks, because the dividend income can be incredible. Start Your Mornings Smarter! Wake up with Breakfast news in your inbox every market day. Sign Up For Free » But the risk is often significant with high-yielding stocks as well. The danger is that you can collect the dividend income for a year, maybe multiple years, but then what if it suddenly gets cut, or worse -- the company suspends it? Then, there's no more dividend income, and the stock is likely well on its way toward a massive crash. The dividend income may end up shielding some of your losses, but perhaps not all of them. Altria investors may be tempted to take a chance on the stock and hope that its dividend lasts for a long tim Show less Read more
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