Better Stock to Buy Right Now: Altria vs Kraft Heinz

Altria (NYSE: MO) and Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ: KHC) are blue chip consumer staples giants that for a time were parts of the same company. Altria, the domestic tobacco giant formerly known as Philip Morris USA, bought Kraft Foods in the 1980s and owned it until its spin-off in 2007. In 2015, Kraft Foods merged with H.J. Heinz to become Kraft Heinz.Over the past 10 years, Altria's stock price dipped by 2%. But when factoring in reinvested dividends, it delivered a total return of 86%. Meanwhile, Kraft Heinz's stock has declined 66% since its merger closed on July 2, 2015. Even if you had reinvested the dividends it paid out, you would still have ended up with a negative total return of 49%. Altria was clearly the stronger investment, but will it stay ahead of Kraft Heinz from here?Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool