Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE:PM) shares, rose in value on Wednesday, March 26, with the stock price up by 1.39% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $154.33.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $152.21, falling within a range of $151.955 and $154.76. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 0.561 whereas the PE ratio was 34.13 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $159.51, and the low was $87.82. On the whole, PM has fluctuated by -1.96% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Philip Morris International Inc currently standing at about $239.96 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-Feb-05. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 5.35, with its dividend yield at 3.47%.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that PM’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Buy on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 3.81, with the price of PM currently trading nearly 0.81% and 7.36% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 59.53, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 1.49% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 1.91%. Furthermore, Philip Morris International Inc (PM)’s beta value is 0.52, and its average true range (ATR) is 2.85.
A comparison of Philip Morris International Inc (PM) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. PM showed an intraday change of 1.39% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 69.82%%.
Data on historical trading for Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE:PM) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 6.2 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 5.97 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 1.55 billion shares outstanding.
Nearly 0.18% of Philip Morris International Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 80.78% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 13.28 million shares as on 2025-03-14, resulting in a short ratio of 1.91. According to the data, the short interest in Philip Morris International Inc (PM) stood at 86.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-03-14; the number of short shares registered in 2025-02-14 reached 9.59 million. The stock has risen by 28.23% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the PM stock heading into the next quarter.
