Philip Morris Stock Falls on Disappointing Guidance

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Philip Morris (NYSE:PM) stock was down on Thursday after releasing a poor guidance in its earnings report for the second quarter of 2018.

Philip Morris Stock Falls on Disappointing Guidance

Philip Morris’ guidance for the full year of 2018 includes earnings per share increasing between 8% and 10%. This is a drop from the company’s previous outlook for the year, which had earnings per share increasing by 8% to 11%.

Earnings per share for reported by Philip Morris for the full year of 2017 was $4.72. This would have earnings per share coming in between $5.10 and $5.20 at its current guidance. Wall Street is looking for earnings per share of $5.15 for the quarter.

Philip Morris also notes that it is now expecting currency-neutral net revenue growth for the full year of 2018 to range from 3% to 4%. This is a pullback from the company’s previous currency-neutral net revenue growth estimate, which was sitting at 8%.

According to Philip Morris, there are a couple of reasons for the lowering of its 2018 guidance. It notes that these reasons have to do with performance in Japan. The company says that its I-Quit-Ordinary-Smoking (IQOS) and heated tobacco units are experiencing a “reduction of inventories and lower-than-anticipated consumer off-take.”

Philip Morris says that the poor performance of its IQOS devices is the cause for a 2.5-point decline to its currency-neutral net revenue growth expectations for the year. The lacking performance of the heated tobacco units represents a 2-point decline for the company’s currency-neutral net revenue growth expectations for the period.

PM stock was down 5% as of Thursday morning and is down 21% year-to-date.

As of this writing, William White did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.


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