NASDAQ · PM
Consumer Defensive · Tobacco
$188.62
Down-$1.86 (-0.98%)
Updated Sep 20, 2026, 6:01 AM
SID Score
7.1/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
Price performance
1M range · 19 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
PM closed at $188.62 after 19 trading sessions, down 1.48% for the selected period.
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | $188.00 | $191.00 | $186.56 | $188.62 | 7.81M |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $192.795 | $192.795 | $188.695 | $190.48 | 3.01M |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $192.42 | $195.49 | $191.54 | $191.71 | 2.93M |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $192.91 | $195.225 | $190.794 | $194.11 | 4.18M |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $195.19 | $195.35 | $192.85 | $194.86 | 2.94M |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $191.34 | $194.82 | $190.555 | $191.06 | 5.32M |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $188.61 | $192.445 | $188.4158 | $189.77 | 4.66M |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $185.50 | $186.28 | $181.55 | $185.71 | 3.95M |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $181.01 | $187.36 | $181.01 | $184.73 | 4.83M |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $185.03 | $185.9711 | $182.23 | $182.53 | 3.16M |
| Sep 3, 2026 | $188.65 | $189.085 | $186.065 | $186.17 | 2.76M |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $187.36 | $189.21 | $184.75 | $187.94 | 2.94M |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $190.35 | $192.3709 | $187.07 | $187.15 | 4.13M |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $190.78 | $191.00 | $186.99 | $187.30 | 4.01M |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $191.15 | $192.8528 | $190.20 | $191.89 | 3.82M |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $191.89 | $193.635 | $190.16 | $190.48 | 3.98M |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $195.00 | $196.66 | $192.6343 | $194.10 | 4.58M |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $190.87 | $194.18 | $189.66 | $193.92 | 2.72M |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $190.24 | $193.47 | $189.1701 | $191.46 | 4.68M |
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Company profile and research snapshot.
Created from the international operations of Altria in 2008, Philip Morris International sells cigarettes and reduced-risk products, including heat sticks, vapes, and oral nicotine offerings, primarily outside of the US. With the 2023 acquisition of Swedish Match, a leading manufacturer of traditional oral tobacco products and nicotine pouches primarily in the US and Scandinavia, PMI is not only dominant in smokable products but also has the Iqos and Zyn brands, which respectively dominate heated tobacco and nicotine pouches in most markets.
Visit company websiteConsensus and target data currently published for this company.
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | Citigroup | Buy | — |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Barclays | Overweight | — |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | — |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Stifel | Buy | — |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Needham | Buy | — |
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Yahoo · Sep 18, 2026
STAMFORD, CT, September 18, 2026--Regulatory News: The Board of Directors of Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE: PM) has increased the company’s regular quarterly dividend by 8.8% to an annualized rate of $6.40 per share.
ChartMill · Sep 18, 2026
Philip Morris (PM) shows an 8/10 technical rating and 9/10 setup quality, signaling a potential breakout with defined entry and stop levels.
Interpretive context generated from the platform’s current data sources.
Philip Morris International Inc. shares traded at $188.62, reflecting a daily decline of 0.73% per SID market data. Despite the session's pullback, PM has delivered strong returns across multiple timeframes, gaining 1.52% over the past month, 6.15% over three months, and 23.97% over the trailing twelve months. The stock currently sits just below its 50-day moving average of $189.09, while trading well above its 200-day moving average of $179.48, indicating a sustained upward trend according to Massive/Polygon technical data. The 14-day RSI reads exactly 50.0, signaling neutral momentum with neither overbought nor oversold conditions. PM's beta of 0.436 underscores its defensive characteristics, exhibiting significantly less volatility than the broader market. Average daily volume stands at approximately 6.58 million shares, supporting consistent liquidity. The company's market capitalization currently sits at approximately $235 billion, solidifying its position as a mega-cap Consumer Defensive holding.
Philip Morris International trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.29, a premium relative to many Consumer Defensive sector peers, according to SID market data. The PEG ratio stands at 5.76, suggesting the current earnings multiple is elevated when adjusted for the company's projected growth rate. PM's dividend yield of 3.66% remains attractive for income-oriented investors, consistent with the company's longstanding capital return program per SEC filings. Notably, the price-to-book ratio registers at negative 21.53, a function of Philip Morris's negative shareholders' equity resulting from extensive share repurchase activity and accumulated dividend distributions since its 2008 spinoff from Altria Group. This negative book value is a structural characteristic rather than a signal of financial distress, as the company generates substantial free cash flow. The valuation profile reflects the market's confidence in PM's transition toward reduced-risk products, particularly its IQOS heated tobacco platform, which continues to drive revenue diversification.
Philip Morris International receives an overall smart money score of 58 out of 100 with a Neutral signal, according to SID market data. Institutional activity represents the strongest component, scoring a perfect 25 out of 25, indicating robust accumulation by major fund managers and asset allocators as reflected in 13F institutional filings. Congressional trading activity scores 12 out of 25, suggesting moderate engagement by lawmakers in PM shares. Insider activity registers at 12.5 out of 25 per SEC Form 4 filings, reflecting a balanced pattern without pronounced buying or selling by company executives and directors. Dark pool activity scores 8.5 out of 25, indicating relatively subdued off-exchange institutional block trading. The divergence between the maximum institutional score and the lower dark pool reading suggests that large institutional holders maintain significant positions but are not actively increasing or decreasing exposure through private venues. The composite Neutral signal indicates no strong directional conviction from sophisticated market participants at current price levels, despite the strong institutional ownership foundation.
Philip Morris International has demonstrated a consistent pattern of exceeding analyst expectations across its most recent reporting periods, according to company earnings reports. In the most recently reported quarter, PM posted earnings per share of $2.20 against a consensus estimate of $2.05, delivering a positive surprise of $0.15 per share. The prior quarter showed EPS of $1.96 versus the $1.82 estimate, representing a $0.14 beat. The quarter before that yielded a narrower but still positive surprise, with actual EPS of $1.70 compared to the $1.69 estimate. Looking ahead, analysts project EPS of $2.05 for the upcoming quarter per analyst estimates. The consecutive earnings beats suggest strong operational execution, particularly as PM continues its strategic pivot toward smoke-free products including IQOS and ZYN nicotine pouches. The widening magnitude of earnings surprises in the two most recent quarters indicates accelerating performance relative to Wall Street models.
Wall Street consensus on Philip Morris International remains uniformly bullish, with all five most recent analyst actions reiterating positive ratings per Wall Street analyst reports. On July 30, 2026, Citigroup maintained its Buy rating on PM shares. Barclays reiterated its Overweight rating on July 29, while Morgan Stanley, Stifel, and Needham all reaffirmed their respective positive ratings on July 23, following the company's earnings release. Notably, every rating represented a reiteration rather than an upgrade, indicating that analyst conviction has remained stable rather than shifting directionally according to SID consensus data. Morgan Stanley and Barclays both carry Overweight designations, while Citigroup, Stifel, and Needham maintain explicit Buy recommendations. The clustering of reiterations immediately following earnings suggests that PM's above-consensus results reinforced existing investment theses without prompting material changes to price targets or fundamental outlooks. The absence of any Hold or Sell ratings among recent coverage actions reflects broad institutional confidence in PM's growth trajectory and smoke-free product strategy.
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