Report
Philip Gorham, CFA, FRM
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

IQOS Helps PMI to Strong 4Q Volumes; After Retreat, Shares Now Fairly Valued

Philip Morris International missed our adjusted earnings estimate by a small amount, but volumes were better than our forecasts and management guided above our estimates for 2018. We will make minor adjustments to our near-term forecasts as a result but are unlikely to materially alter our $98 fair value estimate beyond the impact of the time value of money until we have greater visibility into the economics of the heated tobacco business. We are reiterating our wide moat rating. PMI’s brand equ...
Provider
Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

Analysts
Philip Gorham, CFA, FRM

Other Reports from Morningstar

ResearchPool Subscriptions

Get the most out of your insights

Get in touch