--- title: "Weekly Recap | Phillip Morris -1.59%, consensus target above spot" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/300851189.md" description: "Phillip Morris (PM) fell 1.59% this week to close at $187.46, underperforming the S&P 500 by about 1.32 percentage points. The week was shaped by an early rally that faded: the stock rose on Monday and Tuesday, touched a high of $195.22 on Wednesday, then pulled back. Thursday brought a sharper decline and Friday drifted near the lows, with an intraday low of $185.88. Weekly amplitude was 4.9%, and average daily volume of about 3." datetime: "2026-10-03T07:34:12.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/300851189.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/300851189.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/300851189.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Weekly Recap | Phillip Morris -1.59%, consensus target above spot ## The Week Phillip Morris (PM) fell 1.59% this week to close at $187.46, underperforming the S&P 500 by about 1.32 percentage points. The week was shaped by an early rally that faded: the stock rose on Monday and Tuesday, touched a high of $195.22 on Wednesday, then pulled back. Thursday brought a sharper decline and Friday drifted near the lows, with an intraday low of $185.88. Weekly amplitude was 4.9%, and average daily volume of about 3.74 million shares sat roughly 14% below the 60-day median, a quiet pullback.\\n\\n## Key Events Company-specific news was thin, leaving the tape mostly to sector and macro flows. PM appeared on the S&P 500 top gainers list on Monday, and on strong trading days the stock outperformed tobacco peers. Midweek, progress on smoke-free targets came up alongside fertilizer and aerospace stories, keeping the shift to reduced-risk products in view. Over the weekend, two consensus target updates pointed the same way: the price target in Mexican pesos was raised 11.26%, and the Swiss franc target was raised 11.04%, reflecting similar pricing by regional sell-side desks.\\n\\n## Analyst Ratings Coverage stands at 17 firms: 9 rate it buy, 3 overweight, 4 hold and 1 with no opinion, with no underweight or sell ratings. The consensus rating is buy, and the consensus target of $208.13 sits about 11% above the latest price of $187.46. Targets range from $175 to $230, with most disagreement at the upper end. PM ranks first among 10 names in its industry, suggesting a broadly constructive sell-side view.\\n\\n## The Week Ahead The macro calendar is busy: US services PMI final and ISM services PMI land on Monday, followed by trade data on Tuesday and weekly EIA crude inventories on Wednesday. For the company, the key date is the Q3 2026 earnings release on 21 October before the open, with consensus estimates at EPS of $2.1496 and revenue of roughly $11.4 billion. That report will test whether this week’s fade was just positioning or the start of a real swing.\\n\\n## In Short The tension this week is between a strong sell-side setup and a wobbly tape. Consensus remains buy, with targets about 11% above spot and the top rank in the industry, yet the stock faded from its weekly high and lagged the S&P 500 on shrinking volume. The smoke-free progress, next week’s macro prints and late-October results are the next checkpoints for that gap.\\n\\n*This article is generated by LongbridgeAI from market data, for information only and not investment advice.* ### Related Stocks - [PM.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/PM.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [PM Stock Alert: What to Know as Philip Morris Teams Up With Altria on Manufacturing](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296827919.md) - [HighTower Advisors LLC Purchases 9,240 Shares of Philip Morris International Inc. $PM](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298200198.md) - [‘Open Your Eyes,’ Says Top Investor About Oracle Stock](https://longbridge.com/en/news/301160283.md) - [Marvell Now Sees as Much as $90 Billion in Annual Sales by Fiscal 2031. Here's Why It's a Chip Stock to Buy.](https://longbridge.com/en/news/301114413.md) - [Palantir vs. Oracle – Why Daniel Ives Says Buy One, Hold the Other](https://longbridge.com/en/news/301155464.md) --- > **Disclaimer: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.**