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Philip Morris International Inc.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Strong business, valuation above the sector
3 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Stable quality
Profitability
4/4
Debt & liquidity
2/3
Efficiency
1/2
Profitability and growth both run well ahead of the sector. Operating margin sits at 36.6%, roughly +199% above the median 12.2%, while revenue grew 7.3% year over year against a sector median of 2.3%. EPS expanded 60.6% — a sharp move from the sector's -11.0% — and the F-Score of 7/9 reflects stable profitability and cash generation. Yet the balance sheet carries structural weight. Debt/EBITDA stands at 2.7×, well above the sector median of 0.8×, limiting financial flexibility. Valuation compounds the tension: EV/EBITDA of 19.4× trades +38% richer than the median 14.0×, pricing in the strong operational performance. The last earnings report beat consensus by 7.1%, yet the forward composite score of 47 out of 100 trails the current read, signaling that near-term expectations may already embed much of the upside.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive | 5/9 | 1 603% |
Quarter-by-quarter classification · a retrospective read by the current logic · not a price forecast
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. The method did not see these quarters in real time; this is the current logic applied to past reports.
The market prices in earnings growth; analyst sentiment is strengthening; has not always beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
When Q2 2026 results land on July 22, track operating margin against the current 36.6% figure and check whether revenue growth sustains its 3.2× sector-median pace. Also watch whether EPS growth normalizes from its outsized 653%-above-median reading, which likely reflects a one-time base effect rather than a structural shift.
On SEC EDGAR, open PM's most recent 10-K and focus on the Liquidity and Capital Resources section. Debt/EBITDA sits at 3.2× above the sector median of 0.83×, so management's discussion of refinancing plans and covenant headroom is directly relevant to the F-Score's leverage flag.
From the same-sector table in section 06, pick two or three companies yourself and line up one metric — EV/EBITDA, Debt/EBITDA, or operating margin. PM's EV/EBITDA runs 38% above the sector median of 14.0×, so placing it beside peers you choose will show whether that premium is common across the table or specific to PM's profile.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: -13%-19%+37%-1%
Over 4 years: 2.623.182.782.67
Over 4 years: +1%+11%+8%+7%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 7 of 8 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| +1% |
| 16% |
| COST | Costco | 7/9 | 31% | +8% | 4% |
| GIS | General Mills | 5/9 | -1% | +308% | 5% |
| HSY | Hershey | 5/9 | 19% | +4% | 12% |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark | 5/9 | 173% | -2% | 14% |
| KO | Coca-Cola | 7/9 | 46% | +2% | 29% |
| KR | Kroger | 6/9 | 14% | +0% | 1% |
| MDLZ | Mondelez | 6/9 | 9% | +6% | 9% |
| MO | Altria | 6/9 | — | -3% | 43% |
| PEP | PepsiCo | 5/9 | 43% | +2% | 12% |
| PG | Procter & Gamble | 6/9 | 31% | +0% | 24% |
| PM | Philip Morris International Inc. | 7/9 | — | +7% | 37% |
| SYY | Sysco | 6/9 | 99% | +3% | 4% |
| TGT | Target | 6/9 | 24% | -2% | 5% |
| WMT | Walmart | 7/9 | 23% | +5% | 4% |
A sample of 15 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
A simplified retrospective read: no analyst forecast (not available historically); the source is the annual report as of the date, so neighbouring quarters can rest on the same data. Quarters with the same classification in a row are merged into one row — each row is one change in the read, not a separate quarter. One ticker is an illustration of the classification logic, not statistics. How we calculate →
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.