Philip Morris International Inc (PM) saw downtrend of -1.43% in the recent trading with $90.88 being its most recent. The current price level -10.83% lower than the highest price of $101.92 marked by the stock while trading over the past 52-weeks, whereas it is 4.18% higher than the lowest price of $87.23 the company dropped to over past 52-weeks. The latest news story on PM appeared in (Business Wire) under the title “Unleashing the Power: How the Fifth Estate Drives Decision-Makers in Business and Politics”.
Squeezing the time span to 30 day period shows us the stock is currently trading -5.25% below one month high and is +2.27% above of the lowest during that time. Looking into the simple moving average, Philip Morris International Inc (PM)’s stock stands at a SMA-50 of $91.83 while that of 5-day is reading $93.41.
Daily rise and fall of price influence many of the traders, and in order to overcome the fluctuating effect of that and to watch the stock closely, traders focus more on stock’s 200-day moving average. At various points in trading activity, investors are more likely to be making use of that measure as a strong indicator in figuring out their support and resistance levels, and PM’s SMA-200 as of now is $93.70.
Do analysts rate it as a buy, sell or hold?
Irrespective of recent performance, what’s important is what the future holds. In uncertain economic times, a clear picture is difficult to get. Analysts generally have a good understanding of the market works, which gives them a leg up in making predictions. Analyst ratings are often compiled into a single score from 1 to 5. The score of 1 signifies buy or strong buy, the score of 2 signifies outperform, the score of 3 means hold, and the score of 4 indicates underperform. The simple numeric range of brokerage firm referenced at the scale of 1 to 5 reads a current average recommendation of 1.65 for the stock.
Philip Morris International Inc Earnings – What Happened With PM
Coming around sales and income figures on PM Stock Income Statement, public trading companies under normal circumstances post earnings and revenues near to average estimates by the Wall Street analysts, but those could came either above or below estimates and known as surprise factor. Philip Morris International Inc (PM) last released financial results for the quarter that ended 12/30/2023, posting a surprise factor of -6.20% for net revenue.
PM – Philip Morris International Inc Stock Earnings Estimates
The perspective of Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE:PM)’s current quarter earnings identifies that analysts are in consensus over the estimate of 1.45 for stock’s EPS in the current quarter. Company’s EPS for the last quarter was 1.36.
Investors get the exact data about the key information of institutional ownership in a listed company through its 13F filings at the Stock Exchange Commission (SEC). The total number of common shares currently owned by the public is 1.55 billion. PM does have institutional investors; and they hold 79.36% of the stock.
Philip Morris International Inc – Insider Activity and Holdings
As on Dec 30, 2023, Vanguard Group Inc was the top most holder in Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE:PM) with an ownership of 136.07 million shares of the company or 8.77% of the stake worth $12.37 billion. The filing also reveals Capital World Investors as the second largest holder in the company with a control over 7.06% of the outstanding shares. Its stake is worth $9.96 billion for having 109.56 million shares in hand.
Capital International Investors also came holding a key position in the company during the recent quarter and it now holds 6.61% of the outstanding shares. With this there are now 2,585 institutions which have possession in PM’s shares.
Analyst ratings are often compiled into a single score from 1 to 5. The score of 1 signifies buy or strong buy, the score of 2 signifies outperform, the score of 3 means hold, and the score of 4 indicates underperform. The simple numeric range of brokerage firm referenced at the scale of 1 to 5 reads a current average recommendation of 1.65 for the stock.
Technical Analysis of Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE:PM) stock
To comprehend better with the trade moves and investors’ behavior, exploring the short, medium and long term technical indicators along with average volume of a stock is an effective way to make use of. When looking into those indicators for Philip Morris International Inc (PM), we notice that the stock’s 20-day average volume is at 5,675,935 shares. Medium term indicators at an average of 100% are spotting the stock at Sell with its 50-day average volume of 5,396,566 shares. And to end, PM’s 100-day average volume is 5,032,215 shares with 100% of the long-term indicators pointing towards Sell for the stock.
