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Lorillard (NYSE: LO) announces its next round of earnings this Monday, October 24, 2011. Here's Benzinga's essential guide to Lorillard's third quarter earnings report. Earnings and Revenue: Wall Street expects an EPS of $2.04/share and revenues of $1.14 billion. Lorillard's latest numbers will...

Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) releases its next round of earnings this Thursday, October 20, 2011. Get the latest predictions in Benzinga's essential guide to the company's third quarter earnings report. Earnings and Revenue: Based on estimates, investors are readying for a positive EPS...

Below are the top large-cap cigarettes stocks on the NYSE, the NASDAQ and the AMEX in terms of PEG ratio. Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE: PM) has a PEG ratio of 1.10. PM's trailing-twelve-month ROE is 152.36%. Lorillard Inc (NYSE: LO) has a PEG ratio of 1.25. LO's trailing-twelve-month...

Morgan Stanley is out with a research report on cigarette makers, and it has an Equal-Weight rating on Lorillard (NYSE: LO). In a note to clients, Morgan Stanley writes, "Our assessment of Lorillard's underlying strength and its third-quarter outlook are unchanged. In particular, we expect some...

Deutsche Bank has published a research report on Lorillard (NYSE: LO) and expects pressure from the FDA's menthol science review. In the report, Deutsche Bank writes, "Most likely scenario may be FDA recognizing concerns but deferring action, while worst-case would be any indication it is moving...

Goldman Sachs is out with its report today on Lorillard (NYSE: LO), downgrading LO from Buy to Neutral. In its report, Goldman Sachs writes, "We are downgrading LO from Buy to Neutral in conjunction with our addition of BEAM to CL-Buy. We remain constructive on LO's fundamentals and solid cash...

Goldman Sachs has downgraded Lorillard (NYSE: LO) from Buy to Neutral and has established a $123 price target.

Below are the top cigarettes stocks on the NYSE in terms of revenue. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE: PM) is $28.72 billion. PM's PEG ratio is 1.01. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Altria Group Inc (NYSE: MO) is $16.54 billion. MO's ROE for the same...

A bear call spread involves selling a call option while purchasing a higher-strike call option with the same expiration month. The short call option is more expensive than the long call option which creates a credit. The objective is to profit from the short options' time decay. Adding a long call...

As fear returns (or perhaps never left is more apropos) to the equity markets, the indexes are dropping sharply today, with the Dow and S&P 500 down sharply, and the NASDAQ off more than 1%. Despite this, the cigarette names are performing relatively well, in comparison to the broader equity...

Shares of Lorillard (NYSE: LO) are higher on the session by 1.69%, currently trading at $111.97. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past three weeks and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on puts today. A short while ago the September...

Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) today announced that its Board of Directors voted to increase Altria's regular quarterly dividend by 7.9% to $0.41 per common share versus the previous rate of $0.38 per common share. The new annualized dividend rate is $1.64 per common share. The quarterly dividend...

Shares of Altria Group (NYSE: MO) are lower on the session by 1.87%, currently trading at $25.97. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past three weeks and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on puts today. A short while ago the October...

Residents and employees throughout Washington DC and eastern Virginia experienced one of the scariest things in their lifetimes. A 5.9 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter about 87 miles southwest of DC occurred in the afternoon. Citizens dropped everything and had to evacuate their buildings...

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that USG Corp (NYSE: USG) is “totally the wrong stock down here. It could go below $5." Cramer said, “Everybody hates Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) but I have liked it for years. I'm not going to cut and run now. I like it as it approaches...