1.55% volatility in Philip Morris International Inc (PM) last month: This is a red flag warning

Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE: PM) kicked off on Friday, down -2.21% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $132.80. Over the past 52 weeks, PM has traded in a range of $87.23-$132.90.

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A company in the Consumer Defensive sector has jumped its sales by 3.59% annually for the last half of the decade. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 7.66%. With a float of $1.55 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $1.55 billion.

In an organization with 82700 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 63.46%, operating margin of 34.89%, and the pretax margin is 32.58%.

Philip Morris International Inc (PM) Insider Updates

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Tobacco Industry. The insider ownership of Philip Morris International Inc is 0.17%, while institutional ownership is 79.94%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 23 ’24, was worth 13,234,052. In this transaction Chairman of this company sold 101,918 shares at a rate of $129.85, taking the stock ownership to the 959,761 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Oct 23 ’24, when Company’s Pr.Combusibles&GlobalComb.Mktg sold 7,500 for $129.98, making the entire transaction worth $974,850. This insider now owns 95,418 shares in total.

Philip Morris International Inc (PM) Performance Highlights and Predictions

In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 9/30/2024, the organization reported 1.36 earnings per share (EPS), lower than consensus estimate (set at 1.45) by -0.09. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.65 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 7.66% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 10.67% during the next five years compared to -0.25% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE: PM) Trading Performance Indicators

Take a look at Philip Morris International Inc’s (PM) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.49. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 5.46. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 20.11.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 6.30, a number that is poised to hit 1.52 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 7.12 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Philip Morris International Inc (PM)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 7.25 million. That was better than the volume of 5.37 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 90.66%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.41.

During the past 100 days, Philip Morris International Inc’s (PM) raw stochastic average was set at 90.07%, which indicates a significant increase from 77.30% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 42.98% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 21.80% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $122.39, while its 200-day Moving Average is $104.37. However, in the short run, Philip Morris International Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $132.23. Second resistance stands at $134.60. The third major resistance level sits at $135.93. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $128.53, it is likely to go to the next support level at $127.20. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $124.83.

Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE: PM) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 201.91 billion has total of 1,554,557K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 35,174 M in contrast with the sum of 7,813 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 9,911 M and last quarter income was 3,082 M.