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Company snapshot — Philip Morris International Inc

PM in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Philip Morris International sells cigarettes and smoke-free nicotine products, including heated tobacco under the IQOS brand, vaping devices under VEEV, and oral nicotine pouches under ZYN. It also sells accessories such as lighters and matches, and some wellness products. It is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
Where it sits in the stack
Philip Morris carries no seat in our index, so it sits outside the AI build-out coverage the diary follows. It belongs to the Consumer Defensive sector, in the tobacco industry, which the diary tracks separately from the compute stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group has not classified this name, so no in-house comparison set exists; the market commonly names Altria and British American Tobacco as the companies it is judged against.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds a seat in the S&P 500. It carries no Closelook score yet, and no editions or quotes in the diary have covered it so far.
What the diary watches
How the mix between cigarettes and smoke-free products such as IQOS and ZYN shifts over time, since that split shapes how the diary would eventually read this name.

Philip Morris International Inc (PM) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: PM news on the tape · index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for PM, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Consumer Defensive · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Consumer Defensive · US

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against PM on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.12%, quarterly · last 1.47 USD on 2026-06-25

Dividends and capital return

What PM pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 5.88 USD per share · a 3.12% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +8.9% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 5.40 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.47 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-25
  • By calendar year 2023: 2.60 USD (partial) · 2024: 5.30 USD · 2025: 5.64 USD · 2026: 2.94 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-09-26

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Philip Morris International Inc (PM)?

Philip Morris International Inc trades as PM on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is PM in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Philip Morris International Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does PM trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -0.3% vs the 50-day and +7.6% vs the 200-day average, 9.2% below the 52-week high and +35.1% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Philip Morris International Inc do?

Philip Morris International sells cigarettes and smoke-free nicotine products, including heated tobacco under the IQOS brand, vaping devices under VEEV, and oral nicotine pouches under ZYN. It also sells accessories such as lighters and matches, and some wellness products. It is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. Closelook's peer group has not classified this name, so no in-house comparison set exists; the market commonly names Altria and British American Tobacco as the companies it is judged against.

Where does Philip Morris International Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Philip Morris carries no seat in our index, so it sits outside the AI build-out coverage the diary follows. It belongs to the Consumer Defensive sector, in the tobacco industry, which the diary tracks separately from the compute stack. It holds a seat in the S&P 500. It carries no Closelook score yet, and no editions or quotes in the diary have covered it so far.

Does Philip Morris International Inc pay a dividend?

Philip Morris International Inc has paid 5.88 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.12% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.47 USD on 2026-06-25. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for PM, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Tobacco, then Consumer Defensive. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.