Philip Morris International - PM Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Philip Morris International in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" PM shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in PM, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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10 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Philip Morris International's shares. Their PM share price forecasts range from $90.00 to $120.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $110.17 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.4% from the stock's current price.
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Philip Morris International's stock was trading at $101.21 at the start of the year. Since then, PM stock has increased by 1.4% and is now trading at $102.59.
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Philip Morris International saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 7,060,000 shares, a drop of 20.9% from the December 15th total of 8,930,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,870,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 0.5% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 9th 2023.
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Philip Morris International will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 9th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October, 18th. The company reported $1.58 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.55 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $8.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $7.93 billion. Philip Morris International had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 118.75% and a net margin of 10.73%. The business's revenue was up 9.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.42 EPS.
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Philip Morris International announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 8th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 22nd will be given a dividend of $1.27 per share on Wednesday, January 11th. This represents a $5.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.95%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 21st.
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Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM) pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.91%. PM has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 14 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 90.55%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, PM will have a dividend payout ratio of 85.23% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Philip Morris International announced that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Friday, June 11th 2021, which authorizes the company to repurchase $7,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 4.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

695 employees have rated Philip Morris International Chief Executive Officer André Calantzopoulos on Glassdoor.com. André Calantzopoulos has an approval rating of 86% among the company's employees.

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Philip Morris International trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PM."

Philip Morris International's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.26%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.18%), DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale (0.13%), Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH (0.13%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.12%) and Pendal Group Ltd (0.11%). Insiders that own company stock include Andre Calantzopoulos, Drago Azinovic, Louis C Camilleri, Marc S Firestone, Marian Salzman, Mario Masseroli, Martin G King, Stacey Kennedy and Wilde Frederic De.
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One share of PM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $102.59.

Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM) has a market capitalization of $159.04 billion and generates $82.22 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $9.11 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.61 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 69,600 workers across the globe.

Philip Morris International's mailing address is 120 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY, 10017. The official website for the company is www.pmi.com. The company can be reached via phone at (917) 663-2000 or via email at investorrelations@pmi.com.