Altria (MO) closed the latest trading day at $54.27, indicating a -0.8% change from the previous session's end. The stock fell short of the S&P 500, which registered a loss of 0.3% for the day. At the same time, the Dow lost 0.54%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 0.25%.Shares of the owner of Philip Morris USA, the nation's largest cigarette maker have appreciated by 9.35% over the course of the past month, outperforming the Consumer Staples sector's gain of 3.59% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.42%.Analysts an ...