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title: Philip Morris (PM) — intrinsic value and fair price
canonical: https://sweetvaluelab.com/stocks/pm
ticker: PM
as_of: 2026-10-17
sector: Consumer Defensive
industry: Tobacco
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# Philip Morris (PM)

Philip Morris (PM) closed at $205.20 on Oct 16, 2026, overvalued by 19% vs its model value of $172.32 (from a five-year discounted cash flow).

## Key figures

| Figure | Value |
| --- | ---: |
| Last close | $205.20 (Oct 16, 2026) |
| Model value (from a five-year discounted cash flow) | $172.32 |
| Price vs model | overvalued by 19% vs model |
| Range of that model | $97.05 – $545.45 |
| Market value | $319.8B |
| P/E (fiscal 2025) | 28.3 |
| Net margin (fiscal 2025) | 27.9% |
| Free cash flow (fiscal 2025) | $10.7B |
| Dividend yield (trailing twelve months) | 2.93% |
| Beta | 0.36 |
| Cost of capital (WACC) | 7.01% |
| Business classification | Dividend Payer (Low/slowing growth (~8% recent), High profitability (28% net margin), Pays dividends, Highly cyclical earnings, High leverage (D/E 5.0x)) |

## On the stock lists

| List | Place | Figure | Page |
| --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| Largest companies | #37 | $319.8B | https://sweetvaluelab.com/lists/largest-companies |
| Near 52-week highs | #26 | −0.2% | https://sweetvaluelab.com/lists/near-52-week-highs |

## Dividends

| Figure | Value |
| --- | ---: |
| Trailing dividend yield | 2.93% |
| Dividends per share, last 12 months | $6.01 |
| Dividends / free cash flow (fiscal 2025) | 80.9% |
| Raised | 13 years in a row |
| Growth over 5 years | 4.4% a year |
| Latest payment | $1.60, ex-date Oct 2, 2026, paid Oct 26, 2026 |

| Year of payments | Dividends per share |
| --- | ---: |
| To Sep 28, 2021 | $4.85 |
| To Sep 27, 2022 | $5.02 |
| To Sep 26, 2023 | $5.11 |
| To Sep 26, 2024 | $5.25 |
| To Oct 3, 2025 | $5.52 |
| Trailing twelve months (to Oct 2, 2026) | $6.01 |

## Valuation models

Each model's value per share and the role the engine gave it for this business. The headline above is one model's value; every other model is listed with its own, and each has a page of its own under the valuation. Computed Oct 17, 2026.

| Model | Role | Value per share | Low | High |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| DCF · Perpetuity growth · 5y | primary | $172.32 | $97.05 | $545.45 |
| DCF · Perpetuity growth · 10y | cross check | $187.82 | $109.76 | $569.55 |
| DCF · EBITDA exit · 5y | cross check | $114.17 | $65.00 | $172.42 |
| DCF · EBITDA exit · 10y | cross check | $136.41 | $83.93 | $207.33 |
| P/E · peers | cross check | $112.10 | $102.38 | $127.62 |
| P/E · own history | cross check | $149.10 | $132.61 | $203.77 |
| PEG | sanity check | $112.22 | $112.22 | $112.22 |
| EV/EBITDA · peers | cross check | $121.34 | $119.79 | $146.11 |
| EV/Revenue · peers | cross check | $114.62 | $110.17 | $155.00 |
| Earnings power value | cross check | $36.98 | $25.49 | $54.73 |
| Dividend discount | cross check | $138.98 | $90.49 | $256.21 |

## Insider activity (SEC Form 4)

No open-market insider buys or sales filed in the past 90 days.

| Date | Insider | Relationship | Transaction | Shares | Value |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | ---: | ---: |
| May 6, 2026 | Combes Michel | Director | Grant / award | 1,119 | $190,151.7 |
| May 6, 2026 | Geissler Werner | Director | Grant / award | 1,119 | $190,151.7 |
| May 6, 2026 | Morparia Kalpana | Director | Grant / award | 1,119 | $190,151.7 |
| May 6, 2026 | Harker Victoria D | Director | Grant / award | 1,119 | $190,151.7 |
| May 6, 2026 | Polet Robert | Director | Grant / award | 1,119 | $190,151.7 |

## Recent SEC filings

| Filed | Form | What | Filing |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 8-K | 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413329/000162828026062621/pm-20260918.htm |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 8-K | 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413329/000162828026060822/pm-20260908.htm |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 8-K | 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413329/000162828026060806/pm-20260908.htm |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 8-K | 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413329/000162828026058513/pm-20260824.htm |
| Jul 24, 2026 | 10-Q | Quarterly report | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413329/000162828026049493/pm-20260630.htm |

## Superinvestors holding it (latest 13F)

| Manager | Quarter | Shares | Value |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: |
| First Eagle | 2026-06-30 | 5,925,468 | $1.1B |
| Thomas Russo | 2026-06-30 | 4,530,846 | $819.7M |
| Terry Smith | 2026-06-30 | 2,913,693 | $527.1M |
| Lee Ainslie | 2026-06-30 | 1,457,059 | $263.6M |

11 tracked managers in all.

## About

Philip Morris International Inc. functions as a prominent tobacco enterprise, actively working toward a smoke-free future. The company is strategically diversifying its long-term product range to incorporate items beyond traditional tobacco and nicotine. Its primary business involves both conventional cigarettes and an expanding array of smoke-free alternatives, such as innovative heat-not-burn devices, vapor products, and oral nicotine solutions. These offerings are distributed in markets worldwide, with the exception of the United States. The smoke-free portfolio includes brands like HEETS (encompassing Creations, Dimensions, Marlboro variants), Parliament HeatSticks, and TEREA, in addition to KT&G-licensed brands Fiit and Miix. For conventional cigarettes, the company sells internationally recognized brands such as Marlboro, Parliament, Bond Street, Chesterfield, L&M, Lark, and Philip…

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Source: https://sweetvaluelab.com/stocks/pm (SweetValueLab, free, no account). Prices and statements from Financial Modeling Prep; filings from SEC EDGAR. Research and educational data, not investment advice; nothing here is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security.
