Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE: PM) -2.34% Away From High, Is Set For A Comeback?

Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE:PM)’s traded shares stood at 3.89 million during the last session, with the company’s beta value hitting 0.57. At the close of trading, the stock’s price was $129.86, to imply a decrease of -2.21% or -$2.94 in intraday trading. The PM share’s 52-week high remains $132.90, putting it -2.34% down since that peak but still an impressive 32.83% since price per share fell to its 52-week low of $87.23. The company has a valuation of $201.91B, with an average of 5.4 million shares in intraday trading volume over the past 10 days and average of 5.39 million shares over the past 3 months.

Analysts have given a consensus recommendation of Buy for Philip Morris International Inc (PM), translating to a mean rating of 2.00. Of 15 analyst(s) looking at the stock, 1 analyst(s) give PM a Sell rating. 0 of those analysts rate the stock as Overweight while 2 advise Hold as 12 recommend it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) have given it an Underweight rating. Estimates put the company’s current-quarter earnings per share at 1.51.

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Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE:PM) trade information

After registering a -2.21% downside in the last session, Philip Morris International Inc (PM) has traded red over the past five days. The 5-day price performance for the stock is 8.03%, and 7.46% over 30 days. With these gigs, the year-to-date price performance is 38.03%. Short interest in Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE:PM) saw shorts transact 8.33 million shares and set a 1.28 days time to cover.

The extremes give us $107 and $150 for target low and target high price respectively. As such, PM has been trading -15.51% off suggested target high and 17.6% from its likely low.

Philip Morris International Inc (PM) estimates and forecasts

Looking at statistics comparing Philip Morris International Inc share performance against respective industry, we note that the company has outperformed competitors. Philip Morris International Inc (PM) shares are 36.67% up over the last 6 months, with its year-to-date growth rate higher than industry average at 8.32% against 3.60%. Revenue is forecast to grow 11.00% this quarter before jumping 10.70% for the next one. The rating firms project that company’s revenue will grow 6.50% compared to the previous financial year.

Revenue forecast for the current quarter as set by 6 analysts is 9.56B. Meanwhile, for the current quarter, a total of 5 analyst(s) estimate revenue growth to 9.25B.Earnings reports from the last fiscal year show that sales brought in 9.05B and 8.47B respectively in the corresponding quarters. In this case, analysts estimate current quarter sales to rise 5.60% before jumping 9.30% in the following quarter.

An assessment of the company’s 5-year growth patterns shows that annual earnings shrunk an estimated -0.25% for the past 5-year period. While 2024 is set for a 7.66% return in earnings, projections for the next 5 years are at 9.39% annually.

PM Dividends

Philip Morris International Inc has its next earnings report out on 2025-Feb-06. However, it is important to take into account that this dividend yield ratio is just an indicator to only serve the purpose of guidance. Investors interested to invest in the stock should ponder company’s other fundamental and operations related aspects too. Philip Morris International Inc has a forward dividend ratio of 5.25, with the share yield ticking at 4.04% to continue the rising pattern observed over the past year. The company’s average dividend yield trailing the past 5-year period is 5.39%.

Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE:PM)’s Major holders

Philip Morris International Inc insiders hold 0.15% of total outstanding shares, with institutional holders owning 80.07% of the shares at 80.20% float percentage. In total, 80.07% institutions holds shares in the company, led by VANGUARD GROUP INC. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 137.2 million shares (or 8.8345% of shares), all amounting to roughly $13.9 billion.

The next major institution holding the largest number of shares is CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS with 115.57 million shares, or about 7.442% of shares outstanding. As of the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were worth $11.71 billion.

We also have Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund as the top two Mutual Funds with the largest holdings of the Philip Morris International Inc (PM) shares. Going by data provided on Jun 30, 2024 , Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund holds roughly 49.11 shares. This is just over 3.16% of the total shares, with a market valuation of $6.38 billion. Data from the same date shows that the other fund manager holds a little less at 39.9, or 2.57% of the shares, all valued at about 5.18 billion.