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How Philip Morris International Inc. stacks up
PM · against 7 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
99/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #1 of 8 · scores higher than 100% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score4 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including PM · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 99?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly thanks to its operating margin, return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 93% of peers. Return on invested capital: 36.7% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 97% of peers. Return on assets: 15.9% vs peer median 4.0%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 98% of peers. Operating margin: 37.7% vs peer median 7.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = PM, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | PM | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 7 reported | 36.7% | 18.7% | 83% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 8 reported | 37.7% | 21.4% | 86% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 8 reported | 15.9% | 11.5% | 86% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 7 reported | Not reported | 30.3% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 8 reported | 67.5% | 58.1% | 71% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around PM| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 324.2B USD | 99 | 54 | |
| 2 | 1.85T CNY (≈$259.0B) | 98 | 71 | |
| 3 | 407.9B USD | 94 | 53 | |
| 4 | 376.4B USD | 92 | 51 | |
| 5 | 451.8B USD | 89 | 52 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score