With 1.55B Outstanding Shares, Can Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE: PM) Deliver Big Short-Term Gains?

Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE:PM) currently has a daily average trading volume of 6.64M but it saw 8282385 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 249.79B USD, the company’s current market price of $160.48 came rising about 0.24 while comparing to the previous closing price of $160.09. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $163.08 and as low as $88.43. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $159.0701 while lowest mark touched by it was $162.11.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Philip Morris International Inc (PM) gives us an average price of $154.67, while its current price level is -1.59% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 81.48% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $152.62 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $129.36. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.57% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.66%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 61.29 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, PM’s stock price is moving 5.72% up while it is 4.32% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 33.34% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 81.13%.

Currently, Philip Morris International Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 1.55B. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 22.81%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 35.50 while having a 20.32 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.53. Stock has a price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 6.63. Its return on asset (ROA) is 11.07% on average.