Philip Morris International Inc.

PM Consumer Defensive Tobacco

Philip Morris International Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $40.6 billion, up 7.31% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 10.4%, EPS fell 7.69%, free cash flow grew 67.3% and total debt fell 4.56%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for five.

205.20 5.30 +2.65%
Market cap
$311.6B
P/E
29.5×
Fwd P/E
22.6×
Dividend yield
2.93%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
3.94
Beneish M
−2.33
Dividend safety
47/100

Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) Return on invested capital

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Philip Morris International Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 27.5%, up 1.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (25.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 20.4% (fiscal 2023) to 53.7% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Tobacco industry median of 1.93% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.22%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 25.9% (0.60)
FY2024 26.5% 6.10
FY2023 20.4% (2.38)
FY2022 22.8% (30.92)
FY2021 53.7% 0.18
FY2020 53.5% 8.39
FY2019 45.1% (4.16)
FY2018 49.3% 3.08
FY2017 46.2% (2.72)
FY2016 48.9% 0.06

Against its own ten years

Low 20.4% High 53.7%
Ten-year median 46.2%
Current reading's percentile 27

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
MO Altria Group, Inc. compare 35.0%
PM Philip Morris International Inc. 27.5%
TPB Turning Point Brands, Inc. compare 9.77%
RLX RLX Technology Inc. Sponsored ADR compare 5.28%
UVV Universal Corporation compare 4.59%
AIIR Air Global PLC compare 1.93%
ISPR Ispire Technology Inc. compare 0.00%
BTI British American Tobacco p.l.c. compare 0.00%
RYM RYTHM, Inc. compare −19.2%
Tobacco industry median 1.93%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.22%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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