With 5.33 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 5.05 million shares. During the session, the Tobacco company that operates in wider Consumer Defensive sector, reached to the highest price of $131.155 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $129.51. The 52-week range on PM shows that it touched its highest point at $134.15 and its lowest point at $87.82 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $141.75. With its current market cap of 202.44 billion, PM has annualized dividend of $5.30 while the current yield stands at 4.07%. PM paid its most recent dividend on 1735171200, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1735171200. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.58.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of PM was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.29%, but this was up by 8.49% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -1.04% while six-month performance rose 13.06%. The stock gained 41.89% in the past year, while it has gained 8.18% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PM yields 6.30 with Next year EPS estimates of 6.99. For the next quarter, that number is 1.50. This implies an EPS growth rate of 8.22% for this year and 7.41% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 8.46% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -0.25%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 1.55 billion PM shares are outstanding with a float of 1.55 billion shares on hand for trading. On 2025-01-15, short shares totaled 9.96 million, which was 64.0 higher than short shares on 1734048000. In addition to Mr. Jacek Olczak as the firm’s CEO & Director, Mr. Emmanuel Babeau serves as its Chief Financial Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.805 of PM’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-09-30, PM reported revenue of $9911000000.0 and operating income of $3639000000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $4137000000.0 and diluted EPS was $1.97.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for PM since 15 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 12 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With PM analysts setting a high price target of 150.0 and a low target of 102.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 136.93071. Based on these targets, PM could surge 15.21% to reach the target high and fall by -21.66% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 5.17% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $6.52422 being high and $6.4842 being low. For PM, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $6.50421. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.7 and the low estimate is $1.57. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.61.
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