Assessing Whether Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE: PM) Is Over- Or Undervalued

Philip Morris International Inc (PM) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $177.87, with 5.72 million shares of worth about $1.02 billion changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 36.83% during that period and on May 29, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -0.51%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 1.56B shares, out of which, 1.55B shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of 1.85% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 4.47%. Year-to-date (YTD), PM shares are showing a performance of 47.79% which increased to 77.99% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $98.93 but also hit the highest price of $179.83 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Philip Morris International Inc shares is 6.41 million. The stock is currently trading 3.15% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 8.39% for SMA50 and it goes to 28.61% higher than SMA200.

Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE: PM) currently have 1.56B outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 81.39% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $276.86B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.54. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 36.55, while it has posted earnings per share of $4.87 in the same period. Its PEG reads 3.25 and has Quick Ratio of 0.43. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for PM, volatility over the week remained 0.99% while standing at 1.33% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 13.64% while it is estimated to increase by 10.83% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 11.26% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -0.38% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Needham on May 22, 2025 offering a Buy rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $195 to it. Coverage by UBS stated Philip Morris International Inc (PM) stock as a Neutral in their note to investors on April 25, 2025, suggesting a price target of $170 for the stock. On March 14, 2025, Argus Upgrade their recommendations, while on January 16, 2025, Morgan Stanley Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $140. Stock get a Hold rating from Argus on March 05, 2024.

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