Risk Intelligence
74 / 100
Fundamentally Qualified
How strong and defensively sound is the company?
Above average on this measure.
PM · NYSE
Consumer Staples · Tobacco
$191.06
+0.68%
Close on Sep 11, 2026
Updated 6/30/2026
Long-term research evidence only. No price targets, no trading signals, no recommendations.
Investment Report Card
Consumer Staples · Tobacco · Data confidence good
59 / 100
Rank #210 of 1,152 qualified companies
Top 31% · Not Currently Suggested
74 / 100
Fundamentally Qualified
How strong and defensively sound is the company?
Above average on this measure.
58 / 100
Weak Compounder
Does the business have the characteristics needed to create value over many years?
Around the middle of the covered universe.
65 / 100
Middle
Is the underlying business getting stronger or weaker?
Around the middle of the covered universe.
47 / 100
Positive disclosed activity
What are important owners actually doing?
Weaker than most covered companies on this measure.
41 / 100
Elevated
Is today's price reasonable?
Weaker than most covered companies on this measure — and valuation is researched separately from the Suggested Investment Score.
50 / 100
Moderate Capital Returns
How effectively does the company reward shareholders?
Weaker than most covered companies on this measure — and capital returns are researched separately from the Suggested Investment Score.
Philip Morris International Inc. scores 58 on Long-Term Potential (C−), described by the research model as weak compounder. This describes business characteristics only — it is not a forecast of future returns.
Disclosed ownership evidence reads 47 (D): Positive disclosed activity. 11 tracked managers disclosed a position in the latest reporting period. Ownership filings are historical disclosures, not signals.
Philip Morris International Inc. reads 41 out of 100 on Valuation Intelligence, recorded as Elevated. The stock currently trades above most of its own recent valuation history and above comparable companies. This describes the price being paid relative to the company's financials — it is not a forecast and not a fair value. Valuation Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
Philip Morris International Inc. reads 50 out of 100 on Capital Returns Intelligence (Moderate Capital Returns), reflecting a dividend that has grown about 3.4% a year. Capital Returns Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
No meaningful recorded changes in the stored history.
Risk Intelligence is a core model, Long-Term Potential, Fundamental Momentum, Valuation Intelligence and Capital Returns Intelligence are research models, and Ownership Intelligence is supplemental descriptive evidence. Valuation Intelligence and Capital Returns Intelligence each contribute 0% to the Suggested Investment Score. Nothing here is a recommendation.
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Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) scores 59 out of 100 and ranks #210 of 1,152 qualified companies today. That places it in the top 31% of ranked companies. The stored tier for that score is not currently suggested.
Risk Intelligence reads 74 out of 100 (B−), recorded as fundamentally qualified. Above average on this measure.
Long-Term Potential reads 58 out of 100 (C−), recorded as weak compounder. Around the middle of the covered universe.
Fundamental Momentum reads 65 out of 100 (C+), recorded as middle. Around the middle of the covered universe.
Ownership Intelligence reads 47 out of 100 (D), recorded as positive disclosed activity. Weaker than most covered companies on this measure.
Valuation is currently the main point of caution: Valuation Intelligence reads 41 out of 100 (D), recorded as Elevated. Philip Morris International Inc. reads 41 out of 100 on Valuation Intelligence, recorded as Elevated. The stock currently trades above most of its own recent valuation history and above comparable companies. This describes the price being paid relative to the company's financials — it is not a forecast and not a fair value. Valuation Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
Capital Returns Intelligence reads 50 out of 100 (D), recorded as Moderate Capital Returns. Philip Morris International Inc. reads 50 out of 100 on Capital Returns Intelligence (Moderate Capital Returns), reflecting a dividend that has grown about 3.4% a year. Capital Returns Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
Elevated valuation: the current market price reflects a premium to this company's historical valuation and comparable companies (Valuation Intelligence 41 out of 100, Elevated). Data confidence for this company is good.
No individual layer reaches the strongest band today. Long-Term Potential and Ownership Intelligence remain the main area to watch. Separately from the score, valuation reads elevated at today's price.
Composite discovery model
Pro Investor Score™
59 / 100
A 0–100 composite discovery score combining Risk Intelligence, Long-Term Potential, Fundamental Momentum, and Ownership Intelligence. It helps rank qualified companies for further research and does not predict future returns.
30% contribution
30% contribution
20% contribution
20% contribution
47 / 100 · Mixed · 20% of the Pro Investor Score
Coverage: Good
50% of Ownership Intelligence · 10% of the total score
Tracked professional-manager activity is weak.
20% of Ownership Intelligence · 4% of the total score
Broad institutional evidence from resolved filings is strong.
15% of Ownership Intelligence · 3% of the total score
No discretionary insider transactions are stored for this company, so this evidence is unavailable rather than neutral.
15% of Ownership Intelligence · 3% of the total score
No qualifying major-holder filings are stored, so this evidence is unavailable rather than neutral.
Ownership Intelligence summarizes publicly disclosed activity among professional investment managers, broader institutions, company insiders, and significant strategic owners. It adds context to investment research but is not a validated predictor of future performance. Ownership information is publicly reported with a delay; the latest applicable reporting period is 2026-06-30, publicly disclosed 9/11/2026. Congressional activity is unavailable pending legal review and contributes nothing to this reading.
Strong risk profile
Risk Intelligence ranks in the top 21% of qualified companies, with lower_risk price risk.
Improving fundamentals
Recent reported business trends rank among the strongest in the qualified universe.
Ownership evidence is not uniformly supportive
Disclosed elite investor activity evidence is weak or neutral. Ownership evidence is supplemental and never automatically positive.
Ownership evidence disagrees
Different owner groups point in different directions, so the combined reading is best read as mixed rather than uniformly favourable.
COMPOSITE DISCOVERY MODEL — RESEARCH STAGE · Data coverage Excellent. Rankings are recalculated daily using the latest available information. Individual components may update at different frequencies based on when new financial and ownership data becomes available.
Researched separately
Valuation Intelligence 41 · Elevated
Valuation Intelligence is currently researched separately and does not affect the Suggested Investment Score or daily ranking.
Researched separately
Capital Returns Intelligence 50 · Moderate Capital Returns
Capital Returns Intelligence is researched separately and contributes 0% to the Suggested Investment Score, the daily rank or any ranking event.
Score explanation
Four research areas carry fixed weights. Each area is compared against every other eligible company, then weighted. The four contributions below add to 59.2 of the stored score (59.2).
Risk Intelligence
30% of the score · contributes 23.8 points
How strong and defensively sound is the company?
Stands at the 79 percentile of eligible companies · stored reading 74 · 40% of this company’s total score
How financially sturdy the company has been when conditions turned against it.
Risk Intelligence reads stored balance-sheet strength, historical downside behaviour and the company's price-risk grouping. A stronger reading describes past resilience; it does not protect against future losses.
Full methodologyLong-Term Potential
30% of the score · contributes 18.2 points
Does the business have the characteristics needed to create value over many years?
Stands at the 61 percentile of eligible companies · stored reading 58 · 31% of this company’s total score
Whether the business has the durable characteristics long-term owners look for.
Long-Term Potential reads durability characteristics such as profitability consistency, cash generation and reinvestment capability over multiple reported periods.
Full methodologyFundamental Momentum
20% of the score · contributes 15.5 points
Is the underlying business getting stronger or weaker?
Stands at the 77 percentile of eligible companies · stored reading 65 · 26% of this company’s total score
Whether the reported business results have been getting stronger or weaker.
Fundamental Momentum compares recent reported fundamentals with the company's own earlier periods, so improvement or deterioration is measured against its history rather than against a forecast.
Full methodologyOwnership Intelligence
20% of the score · contributes 1.7 points
What are important owners actually doing?
Stands at the 9 percentile of eligible companies · stored reading 47 · 3% of this company’s total score
What large reporting owners have actually been doing with their positions.
Ownership Intelligence reads public ownership filings: how many tracked reporting owners hold the company, and whether they were adding, holding, reducing or exiting in the latest disclosed period.
Full methodologyAdditional research — not currently included in the primary Suggested Investment Score.
Reported by insiders, large shareholders and professional funds. Shown beside our research, never blended into it.
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Stored snapshots only
Research-score history available since September 2026.
Stored research history does not yet cover a full 30 days comparison for this company.
A change is reported as meaningful at 8 score points, 5 rank places, or any change of research classification. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell.
Plain-English definitions, with the formula and the limitations of each measure.
Fifth research lens · outside the score
Valuation Intelligence
Valuation Intelligence is currently researched separately and does not affect the Suggested Investment Score or daily ranking.
Elevated
10
Expensive
Is this company expensive or inexpensive compared with its own history?
23
Expensive
How expensive is this stock compared with similar companies?
53
Reasonable
How much financial output does an investor receive relative to the price paid?
95
Very Attractive
Does the company's growth help justify the valuation investors are paying?
Philip Morris International Inc. reads 41 out of 100 on Valuation Intelligence, recorded as Elevated. The stock currently trades above most of its own recent valuation history and above comparable companies. This describes the price being paid relative to the company's financials — it is not a forecast and not a fair value.
Price data through September 11, 2026 · Financial data through the quarter ended June 30, 2026
Stored readings only. The dashed line is this company's own median for the selected measure.
Only one stored valuation reading exists so far, so there is nothing to chart yet. Valuation history builds forward from activation rather than being reconstructed.
Current P/E 27.4x · own median 18.5x · peer median 21.9x
Valuation is inherently uncertain. A stock that appears inexpensive can continue falling, and a stock that appears expensive can continue rising. Valuation Intelligence provides context about the price investors are paying — it does not predict short-term market movements, and it never produces a fair value, a price target or a buy or sell range. Model VALUATION_INTELLIGENCE_V1.
Sixth research lens · outside the score
Capital Returns Intelligence
Capital Returns Intelligence is researched separately and contributes 0% to the Suggested Investment Score, the daily rank or any ranking event.
Moderate Capital Returns
72
Strong Capital Returns
Dividend reliability
30
Limited Capital Returns
Do buybacks actually reduce shares?
No net share repurchases are recorded in the stored cash-flow statements.
30
Limited Capital Returns
Is your ownership share protected?
62
Favorable Capital Returns
Can the cash flow support it?
60
Favorable Capital Returns
Cash returned versus company value
Philip Morris International Inc. reads 50 out of 100 on Capital Returns Intelligence (Moderate Capital Returns), reflecting a dividend that has grown about 3.4% a year.
No measurable cash was returned to shareholders through dividends or net repurchases in the latest stored statements.
Price data through September 11, 2026 · Financial data through the quarter ended June 30, 2026
Stored readings only. History builds forward from activation rather than being reconstructed.
Only one stored reading exists for this measure so far, so there is nothing to chart yet.
A very high dividend yield may reflect a falling share price or an unsustainable payout. Capital Returns Intelligence emphasizes consistency and sustainability rather than simply rewarding the highest yield.
Announced or gross buyback spending does not always mean shareholders are gaining ownership. Companies can simultaneously issue shares through employee compensation or acquisitions. Suggested Investments therefore considers actual share-count changes alongside repurchase spending.
Capital Returns Intelligence describes how a company returns capital to shareholders. It is not a measure of stock-price performance, it does not predict future returns, and a strong reading is never a recommendation to buy. Dividends and repurchases can be reduced or stopped at any time. Model CAPITAL_RETURNS_INTELLIGENCE_V1, contributing 0% to the Pro Investor Score.
Stored daily snapshots only
| Today | #210 | Score 59 |
|---|---|---|
| 30 days ago | Not ranked | No stored score |
| 90 days ago | Not ranked | No stored score |
| First suggested | Not yet suggested | |
| Highest rank | #210 | |
In the company’s own words
Philip Morris International Inc. is a Virginia holding company incorporated in 1987. In March 2008, we became a U.S. public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange and subject to the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). We are a leading international consumer goods company, actively delivering a smoke-free future and evolving our portfolio for the long term to include products outside of the tobacco and nicotine sector. Our current product portfolio primarily consists of cigarettes and smoke-free products, including heat-not-burn, nicotine pouch and e-vapor products. Since 2008, we have invested over $16 billion to develop, scientifically substantiate and commercialize innovative smoke-free products for adults who would otherwise continue to smoke, with the goal of completely ending the sale of cigarettes. This investment includes the building of world-class scientific assessment capabilities, notably in the areas of pre-clinical systems toxicology, clinical and behavioral research, as well as post-market studies. In November 2022, we acquired Swedish Match AB ("Swedish Match") – a leader in oral nicotine delivery – creating a global smoke-free combination led by the companies’ IQOS and ZYN brands. As of April 30, 2024, we hold the full rights to commercialize IQOS in the U.S. after reaching an agreement to end our U.S. commercial relationship covering IQOS with Altria Group, Inc. in 2022. Following a robust science-based review, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA") has authorized the marketing of Swedish Match’s General snus and ZYN nicotine pouches and versions of PMI’s IQOS devices and consumables - the first-ever such authorizations in their respective categories. Versions of IQOS devices and consumables and General snus also obtained the first-ever Modified Risk Tobacco Product ("MRTP") authorizations from the FDA. We describe the MRTP orders in more detail in the "Business Environment" section of Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations .
With a strong foundation and significant expertise in life sciences, PMI has a long-term ambition to expand into wellness areas. The business strategy of our wellness unit, Aspeya, currently focuses on developing and commercializing primarily oral consumer wellness offerings. This includes medical and non-recreational cannabinoid products (including CBD), in line with applicable regulatory requirements, though any revenue related to cannabinoids is expected to be negligible in the near to medium term.
Smoke-Free Business ("SFB") is the term PMI uses to refer to all of its smoke-free products. SFB also includes wellness products, as well as consumer accessories, such as lighters and matches.
Smoke-free products (also referred to herein as "SFPs") is the term PMI uses to refer to all of its products that provide nicotine without combusting tobacco, such as heat-not-burn, e-vapor, and oral smokeless, and that therefore generate far lower levels of harmful chemicals. As such, these products have the potential to present less risk of harm versus continued smoking.
Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed February 6, 2026. Read the filing
Four distinct intelligence areas
74
Fundamentally Qualified
+8.2 vs Jun 30, 2026
Business Quality qualification score from the locked IA Defensive Research Core. Price Risk stays a separate category and is never blended in.
As of Sep 11, 2026
58
Ordinary Compounder
+12.5 vs Jun 30, 2026
Durable business economics and reinvestment characteristics. Independent external validation is pending.
As of Sep 11, 2026
65
Accelerating
+12.4 vs Jun 30, 2026
Direction and breadth of change in underlying business fundamentals. Not a price-momentum signal.
As of Sep 11, 2026
32
Bottom range
0 vs Jun 30, 2026
11 tracked managers disclosed a position for this period.
As of Sep 11, 2026
Company intelligence
Each area is measured and reported separately. No combined score exists.
PM intelligence history from 2023-09-30 to 2026-09-11. Risk Intelligence 73.7 on 2026-09-11, up 8.2 from 65.5 on 2026-06-30. Long-Term Potential 58.2 on 2026-09-11, up 12.5 from 45.7 on 2026-06-30. Fundamental Momentum 65.3 on 2026-09-11, up 12.4 from 52.9 on 2026-06-30. Elite Investor Activity 31.8 on 2026-09-11, unchanged 0 from 31.8 on 2026-06-30. Each area is reported separately and is never combined into a single score.
Risk Intelligence 73.7 as of Sep 11, 2026 (+8.2 vs prior period) · Production core
Long-Term Potential 58.2 as of Sep 11, 2026 (+12.5 vs prior period) · Research model
Fundamental Momentum 65.3 as of Sep 11, 2026 (+12.4 vs prior period) · Research model
Elite Investor Activity 31.8 as of Sep 11, 2026 (0 vs prior period) · Supplemental
Share price
Closing prices adjusted for splits and dividends. Past prices do not indicate future results.
Last stored close $191.06 · +17.9% over the selected range · 52 sessions shown
Balanced evidence
Risk and uncertainty
Public filings · descriptive only
Reporting holders
46
New holders
32
Increasing
5
Reducing
4
Exiting
0
Coverage
Excellent
Positive disclosed activity · Report period 2023-09-30 · Public 12/27/2023
| Manager | Change | Portfolio weight | Rank | Disclosed |
|---|
Insufficient high-confidence manager coverage.
Objective stored changes
IA Defensive improved
Business Quality qualification score moved from 65.5 to 70.3.
Price Risk category changed
Price Risk moved from Not Available to Lower risk.
Fundamental Momentum improved
Fundamental Momentum research score moved from 52.9 to 67.1.
IA Defensive weakened
Business Quality qualification score moved from 72.6 to 65.5.
Elite Investor Consensus weakened
Disclosed agreement among tracked managers moved from 55 to 36 for the reporting period ending 2026-03-31.
Elite Investor Consensus strengthened
Disclosed agreement among tracked managers moved from 42 to 55 for the reporting period ending 2025-12-31.
Elite Investor Consensus strengthened
Disclosed agreement among tracked managers moved from 31 to 42 for the reporting period ending 2025-09-30.
Tracked managers exited positions
2 tracked managers no longer disclosed a position for the reporting period ending 2025-09-30.
Elite Investor Consensus weakened
Disclosed agreement among tracked managers moved from 71 to 31 for the reporting period ending 2025-06-30.
Elite Investor Consensus strengthened
Disclosed agreement among tracked managers moved from 55 to 71 for the reporting period ending 2025-03-31.
No high-confidence public ownership events are available.
General research only. Not personalized advice. Public filings may be delayed, amended, incomplete, or reflect positions that have changed since the reporting date.