MMarketMath

PM

StalwartQuality: Medium (55/100)

Philip Morris International · Consumer Staples · Tobacco

$191.46

52w 142.11 – 207.76

20y monthly, adjusted

Mkt cap

$298.4B

P/E

25.9

P/FCF

27.5

FCF yield

3.6%

ROE

-113.5%

Shldr yield

2.9%

div 2.9% + bb 0.0%

What today's price assumes

At $298.4B, the market is pricing in 12.0% annual free-cash-flow growth for the next decade (10% discount rate, 2.5% terminal growth). Over the last ten years, FCF actually grew 4.4% per year — the price asks for acceleration beyond the historical record.

Simple DCF per-share range: $104 · $108 · $134 (4% / base / optimistic growth). An estimate, not a target.

Adjust the assumptions yourself →

Historical multiple lens

At its own median P/OCF of 9.8× across 17 years, PM would trade near $77/share (25th–75th percentile: $53–$95); it trades at 24.4× today.

Assumes the historical multiple regime persists — re-ratings can be permanent.

Growth record

Compound annual growth rates from as-filed 10-K data, split-adjusted

Rev 3y

+8.6%

Rev 5y

+7.2%

Rev 10y

−5.8%

EPS 5y

+7.1%

EPS 10y

+5.1%

FCF 5y

+3.0%

FCF 10y

+4.4%

Fundamentals

Fiscal 2007–2025, from SEC filings

Revenue

2007: $55.2B
2008: $63.6B
2009: $62.1B
2010: $67.7B
2011: $76.3B
2012: $77.4B
2013: $80.0B
2014: $80.1B
2015: $73.9B
2016: $26.7B
2017: $28.7B
2018: $29.6B
2019: $29.8B
2020: $28.7B
2021: $31.4B
2022: $31.8B
2023: $35.2B
2024: $37.9B
2025: $40.6B
$0$25.0B$50.0B$75.0B
07
11
15
19
23

Net income

2007: $6.0B
2008: $6.9B
2009: $6.3B
2010: $7.3B
2011: $8.6B
2012: $8.8B
2013: $8.6B
2014: $7.5B
2015: $6.9B
2016: $7.0B
2017: $6.0B
2018: $7.9B
2019: $7.2B
2020: $8.1B
2021: $9.1B
2022: $9.0B
2023: $7.8B
2024: $7.1B
2025: $11.3B
$0$5.0B$10.0B
07
11
15
19
23

Free cash flow

2007: $4.5B
2008: $6.8B
2009: $7.2B
2010: $8.7B
2011: $9.6B
2012: $8.4B
2013: $8.9B
2014: $6.6B
2015: $6.9B
2016: $6.9B
2017: $7.4B
2018: $8.0B
2019: $9.2B
2020: $9.2B
2021: $11.2B
2022: $9.7B
2023: $7.9B
2024: $10.8B
2025: $10.7B
$0$5.0B$10.0B
07
11
15
19
23

Diluted shares (lower is better)

2008: 2.1B
2009: 1.9B
2010: 1.8B
2011: 1.8B
2012: 1.7B
2013: 1.6B
2015: 1.5B
2016: 1.6B
2017: 1.6B
2018: 1.6B
2019: 1.6B
2020: 1.6B
2021: 1.6B
2022: 1.6B
2023: 1.6B
2024: 1.6B
2025: 1.6B
01.0B2.0B
07
11
15
19
23

Margins

20%40%60%07101316192225
Net marginFCF marginGross margin

Capital returned (dividends + buybacks)

2007: $0
2008: $7.3B
2009: $10.0B
2010: $9.5B
2011: $10.2B
2012: $11.9B
2013: $11.7B
2014: $9.9B
2015: $6.3B
2016: $6.4B
2017: $6.5B
2018: $6.9B
2019: $7.2B
2020: $7.4B
2021: $8.4B
2022: $8.0B
2023: $8.0B
2024: $8.2B
2025: $8.6B
$0$5.0B$10.0B
07
11
15
19
23

Cash vs long-term debt

$0$20.0B$40.0B07101316192225
CashLT debt

Quarterly

Discrete quarters from 10-Q filings; Q4 derived as fiscal year minus Q1–Q3. OCF is unwound from the year-to-date figures 10-Qs report. Compare to the same quarter a year ago — most businesses are seasonal.

Revenue by quarter

Q2'23: $9.0B
Q3'23: $9.1B
Q4'23: $9.0B
Q1'24: $8.8B
Q2'24: $9.5B
Q3'24: $9.9B
Q4'24: $9.7B
Q1'25: $9.3B
Q2'25: $10.1B
Q3'25: $10.8B
Q4'25: $10.4B
Q1'26: $10.1B
Q2'26: $11.2B
$0$5.0B$10.0B
23
24
24
25
26

Net income by quarter

Q2'23: $1.6B
Q3'23: $2.1B
Q4'23: $2.2B
Q1'24: $2.1B
Q2'24: $2.4B
Q3'24: $3.1B
Q4'24: −$579.0M
Q1'25: $2.7B
Q2'25: $3.0B
Q3'25: $3.5B
Q4'25: $2.1B
Q1'26: $2.4B
Q2'26: $2.8B
$0$2.0B
23
24
24
25
26
QuarterRevenueYoYNet incomeYoYEPSOCF
Q2'26$11.2B+10.4%$2.8B−7.3%1.80$5.5B
Q1'26$10.1B+9.1%$2.4B−9.4%1.56−$399.0M
Q4'25 *$10.4B+6.8%$2.1B1.36$4.7B
Q3'25$10.8B+9.4%$3.5B+12.8%2.23$4.5B
Q2'25$10.1B+7.1%$3.0B+26.3%1.95$3.4B
Q1'25$9.3B+5.8%$2.7B+25.2%1.72−$350.0M
Q4'24 *$9.7B+7.3%−$579.0M−126.4%-0.37$4.0B
Q3'24$9.9B+8.4%$3.1B+50.0%1.97$3.3B
Q2'24$9.5B+5.6%$2.4B+53.4%1.54$4.6B
Q1'24$8.8B+9.7%$2.1B+7.7%1.38$241.0M
Q4'23 *$9.0B+11.0%$2.2B−8.4%1.41$3.3B
Q3'23$9.1B+13.8%$2.1B−1.6%1.32$3.4B
Q2'23$9.0B+14.5%$1.6B−29.8%1.01$3.4B

Track record

Compound annual growth by period. For debt and share count, negative is the good direction.

Series3y5y10y15y
Revenue+8.6%+7.2%−5.8%−3.3%
Operating cash flow+4.2%+4.5%+4.5%+1.7%
Free cash flow+3.1%+3.0%+4.4%+1.3%
EPS (diluted)+7.7%+7.1%+5.1%+4.2%
Equity−68.7%
LT debt+9.0%+9.9%+6.0%+8.4%
Diluted shares+0.1%0.0%+0.1%−1.1%
Stock price+31.4%+18.6%+12.1%+12.1%

$100, 3 years ago

$227vs $176 in SPY

31.4% vs 20.7%/yr

$100, 5 years ago

$235vs $181 in SPY

18.6% vs 12.6%/yr

$100, 10 years ago

$314vs $412 in SPY

12.1% vs 15.2%/yr

$100, 15 years ago

$556vs $813 in SPY

12.1% vs 15.0%/yr

The $1 test — market value created per $1 of earnings retained (Buffett's hurdle: at least $1)

Last 5 years

$42.65

$179.0B created / $4.2B retained

Last 10 years

$31.67

$191.4B created / $6.0B retained

Quality & capital discipline

Cash-based returns and how management deploys capital

Cash ROIC

34.8%

OCF ÷ (equity + debt)

OCF / EV yield

3.7%

MC vs 10× OCF

2.40

≤1 = priced under 10× OCF

Debt / FCF

4.2y

SBC / FCF

Owner earnings

$10.7B

OCF − capex − SBC

OE yield

3.6%

Share count 5y

−1.7%

per year; negative = buybacks

Capital intensity

net PP&E ÷ revenue

Sales efficiency

new PP&E per $1 new revenue, 5y

Growth engine (5y): reinvested 38.9% of operating cash flow at an incremental return of 11.0% — an organically fundable growth rate of about 4.3% per year (growth ≈ reinvestment rate × incremental ROIC).

Checklist

17 of 26 checks pass · 65%. Checks with structurally missing inputs are excluded.

Growth & Consistency

5/7

  • Revenue growth

    7.2% · 5y CAGR ≥ 5%

    pass
  • EPS growth

    7.1% · 5y CAGR ≥ 5%

    pass
  • FCF growth

    3.0% · 5y CAGR ≥ 5%

    fail
  • Revenue rises consistently

    8 of 9 · up in ≥ 7 of last 10 years

    pass
  • FCF consistently positive

    10 of 10 · positive in ≥ 8 of last 10 years

    pass
  • Profitable every year

    10 of 10 · net income > 0 in ≥ 8 of last 10

    pass
  • Cash flow keeps up with sales

    4.5% vs 7.2% · OCF CAGR ≥ 0.9× revenue CAGR

    fail

Profitability

6/7

  • Net margin

    27.9% · ≥ 8%

    pass
  • Operating margin

    36.6% · ≥ 10%

    pass
  • Gross margin stable or rising

    67.1% vs 64.1% · no drop > 2 pts over 3y

    pass
  • Return on equity

    -113.5% · ≥ 12%

    fail
  • Cash ROIC

    34.8% · ≥ 12%

    pass
  • FCF margin

    26.2% · ≥ 5%

    pass
  • Earnings back their cash

    OCF $12.2B vs NI $11.3B · OCF ≥ net income (latest FY)

    pass

Balance Sheet

2/5

  • Debt payable from cash flow

    4.2y · LT debt ≤ 3× FCF

    fail
  • Cash cushion

    11% · cash ≥ 50% of LT debt

    fail
  • Leverage

    -4.52 · LT debt ≤ 1.5× equity

    pass
  • Equity positive and compounding

    −$10.0B · equity > 0 and grew over ~5y

    fail
  • Interest burden

    11% · interest ≤ 15% of operating income

    pass

Capital Allocation

2/3

  • Share count flat or shrinking

    -1.7% · ≤ +0.5%/yr over ~5y

    pass
  • Stock comp restrained

    · SBC ≤ 15% of FCF

    na
  • Distributions funded by FCF

    81% · dividends + buybacks ≤ 100% of FCF

    pass
  • Repurchases are a habit

    2 of 10 · buybacks in ≥ 5 of last 10 years

    fail

Valuation Discipline

2/4

  • FCF yield

    3.6% · ≥ 3%

    pass
  • Earnings multiple

    25.9 · P/E ≤ 25

    fail
  • Price asks less than history delivered

    12.0% vs 4.4% · implied FCF growth ≤ historical FCF CAGR

    fail
  • Shareholder yield

    2.9% · dividends + buybacks ≥ 2% of market cap

    pass

Financial data

As filed in 10-Ks; per-share figures split-adjusted. $ in millions.

FYRevenueGross profitOp incomeNet incomeEPSOCFCapExFCFDividendsBuybacksSBCCashLT debtEquityShares
202540,64827,28214,89211,3487.2612,2331,56910,6648,6244,87245,134-9,9941,558
202437,87824,54913,4027,0574.5212,2171,44410,7738,19704,21642,166-11,7501,556
202335,17422,28111,5567,8135.029,2041,3217,8837,96403,06041,243-11,2251,553
202231,76220,36012,2469,0485.8110,8031,0779,7267,8122093,20734,875-8,9571,552
202131,40521,37512,9759,1095.8311,96774811,2197,5807754,49624,783-10,1061,559
202028,69419,12511,6688,0565.169,8126029,2107,36407,28028,168-12,5671,558
201929,80519,29210,5317,1854.6110,0908529,2387,16106,86126,656-11,5771,556
201829,62518,86711,3777,9115.089,4781,4368,0426,8856,59326,975-12,4591,555
201728,74818,31611,5816,0353.888,9121,5487,3646,52008,44731,334-12,0861,553
201626,68517,29410,9036,9674.488,0771,1726,9056,37804,23925,851-12,6881,551
201573,90817,42910,6236,8734.427,8659606,9056,250483,41725,250-13,2441,549
201480,10619,33111,7027,4934.767,7391,1536,5866,0353,8331,68226,929-12,629
201380,02920,80713,5158,5765.2610,1351,2008,9355,7205,9632,15424,023-7,7661,622
201277,39321,00413,8638,8005.179,4211,0568,3655,4046,5252,98317,639-3,4761,692
201176,34620,41913,3428,5914.8510,5298979,6324,7885,3721622,55014,8282291,762
201067,71317,49511,2007,2593.929,4377138,7244,4235,0301271,70313,3703,5061,842
200962,08016,01310,0406,3423.247,8847157,1694,3275,625931,54013,6725,7161,950
200863,64016,37710,2486,8903.317,9351,0996,8362,0605,256681,53111,3777,5002,076
200755,24314,0998,8946,0382.865,5501,0724,478001,50116,013

Some concepts are structurally absent for certain industries (banks report no gross profit or capex). Missing ≠ zero.