Overall Rating
Reynolds American (RAI)
Price*: $44.95 | Dividend: $3.40 | Dividend Yield: 7.56%
We downgraded this stock from the "Recommended" list on 11/12/08, at a price of 43.81.
Dividend Stock Ratings Breakdown
Stock is slightly underperforming.
Stock's dividend yield is attractive.
This rating is directly related to the length and consistency of a company's dividend payouts.
Dividend payouts are consistent, but increases small.
Earnings estimates are basically unchanged.
Price and Dividend Info
Recent Headlines
- Lorillard Inc. Shares Jump on EPS Beat (LO, MO, PM, RAI)
Mon, Oct 27, 2008 - Reynolds American's Smokeless Tobacco Brand Helps Lift Outlook (RAI)
Wed, Oct 22, 2008 - Dividend Stock Recommendation Changes (JNY, RAI, UB, WYE, SUI, WMB)
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 - Reynolds American: Smokes and Profits (RAI)
Wed, Jul 30, 2008 - Dividend Portfolio Changes (RAI, FCH, BDN, PDS, more)
Mon, Jun 23, 2008
Profile & Recommendation
Company Profile
Reynolds American (RAI) - tobacco play with a generous yield. Another cash-rich, consistent dividend-raiser. Reynolds American, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of cigarette products in the United States. It offers cigarettes and other tobacco products under the Camel, Kool, DoralL, Winston, and Salem brands, as well as under NATURAL AMERICAN SPIRIT brand. The company was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Recommendation
Based on our rating criteria, this stock has achieved a "Neutral" rating. Stocks with a neutral rating are considered mediocre investments in terms of expected price growth and dividend payments.
Stock Notes
This large cap stock does not make an attractive dividend stock investment at this time.
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