Philip Morris International Presents at 2025 CAGNY Conference; Reaffirms 2025 Full-Year Forecast
20 February 2025 - 12:45AM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
Philip Morris International Inc.’s (PMI) (NYSE: PM) Chief
Executive Officer, Jacek Olczak, and Chief Financial Officer,
Emmanuel Babeau, will address investors today at the 2025 Consumer
Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) Conference.
The event will be webcast live in listen-only mode, beginning at
approximately 1:00 p.m. ET, at www.pmi.com/2025cagny and on the PMI
Investor Relations Mobile Application (www.pmi.com/irapp).
Presentation slides will also be available on the same site and the
App. An archived copy of the webcast will be available until
Friday, March 21, 2025.
The presentation will cover:
- PMI’s progress over the past decade to deliver a smoke-free
future;
- the financial model underlying the company’s delivery of
superior returns to shareholders;
- the success and future opportunities for the company’s
smoke-free brands led by consumer insights and harm reduction.
2025 Full-Year Forecast
PMI reaffirms its 2025 full-year reported diluted EPS forecast,
announced on February 6th, of $6.55 to $6.68. Excluding a total
2025 adjustment of $0.49 per share, the forecast range for adjusted
diluted EPS of $7.04 - $7.17 represents a projected increase of
7.2% to 9.1% versus $6.57 in 2024. Excluding an adverse currency
impact, at then prevailing exchange rates, of $0.22 per share, this
represents growth of 10.5% to 12.5%, as shown below.
The assumptions underlying this forecast remain unchanged versus
those communicated by PMI in its earnings release of February 6,
2025.
Factors described in the Forward-Looking and Cautionary
Statements section of this release represent continuing risks to
these projections.
Full-Year
2025 Forecast
2024
Growth
Reported Diluted EPS
$6.55
-
$6.68
$ 4.52
Adjustments:
Restructuring charges
—
0.10
Impairment of goodwill and other
intangibles
—
0.01
Amortization of intangibles(1)
0.49
0.40
Loss on sale of Vectura Group
—
0.13
Egypt sales tax charge
—
0.03
Megapolis localization tax impact
—
0.05
Income tax impact associated with Swedish
Match AB financing
—
0.14
Impairment related to the RBH equity
investment
—
1.49
Fair value adjustment for equity security
investments
—
(0.27)
Tax items
—
(0.03)
Total Adjustments
0.49
2.05
Adjusted Diluted EPS
$7.04
-
$7.17
$ 6.57
7.2%
-
9.1%
Less: Currency
(0.22)
Adjusted Diluted EPS, excluding
currency
$7.26
-
$7.39
$ 6.57
10.5%
-
12.5%
(1) See forecast assumptions section in
Q4’24 Earnings Release for details
Forward-Looking & Cautionary Statements
The presentation, related discussion and this press release
contain projections of future results and goals and other
forward-looking statements, including statements regarding expected
financial or operational performance; capital allocation plans;
investment strategies; regulatory outcomes; market expectations;
business plans and strategies; the likelihood and impact to PMI of
the proposed CCAA plan; and the likelihood and impact of RBH
remaining deconsolidated. Achievement of future results is subject
to risks, uncertainties and inaccurate assumptions. In the event
that risks or uncertainties materialize, or underlying assumptions
prove inaccurate, actual results could vary materially from those
contained in such forward-looking statements. Pursuant to the “safe
harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995, PMI is identifying important factors that, individually or
in the aggregate, could cause actual results and outcomes to differ
materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements
made by PMI.
PMI's business risks include: excise tax increases and
discriminatory tax structures; increasing marketing and regulatory
restrictions that could reduce our competitiveness, eliminate our
ability to communicate with adult consumers, or ban certain of our
products in certain markets or countries; health concerns relating
to the use of tobacco and other nicotine-containing products and
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke; litigation related to
tobacco and/or nicotine use and intellectual property; intense
competition; the effects of global and individual country economic,
regulatory and political developments, natural disasters and
conflicts; the impact and consequences of Russia's invasion of
Ukraine; changes in adult smoker behavior; the impact of natural
disasters and pandemics on PMI's business; lost revenues as a
result of counterfeiting, contraband and cross-border purchases;
governmental investigations; unfavorable currency exchange rates
and currency devaluations, and limitations on the ability to
repatriate funds; adverse changes in applicable corporate tax laws;
adverse changes in the cost, availability, and quality of tobacco
and other agricultural products and raw materials, as well as
components and materials for our electronic devices; and the
integrity of its information systems and effectiveness of its data
privacy policies. PMI's future profitability may also be adversely
affected should it be unsuccessful in its attempts to introduce,
commercialize, and grow smoke-free products or if regulation or
taxation do not differentiate between such products and cigarettes;
if it is unable to successfully introduce new products, promote
brand equity, enter new markets or improve its margins through
increased prices and productivity gains; if it is unable to expand
its brand portfolio internally or through acquisitions and the
development of strategic business relationships; if it is unable to
attract and retain the best global talent, including women or
diverse candidates; or if it is unable to successfully integrate
and realize the expected benefits from recent transactions and
acquisitions. Future results are also subject to the lower
predictability of our smoke-free products performance.
PMI is further subject to other risks detailed from time to time
in its publicly filed documents, including PMI's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2024.
PMI cautions that the foregoing list of important factors is not a
complete discussion of all potential risks and uncertainties. PMI
does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that it
may make from time to time, except in the normal course of its
public disclosure obligations.
Philip Morris International: Delivering a Smoke-Free
Future
Philip Morris International is a leading international tobacco
company, actively delivering a smoke-free future and evolving its
portfolio for the long term to include products outside of the
tobacco and nicotine sector. The company’s current product
portfolio primarily consists of cigarettes and smoke-free products.
Since 2008, PMI has invested over $14 billion to develop,
scientifically substantiate and commercialize innovative smoke-free
products for adults who would otherwise continue to smoke, with the
goal of completely ending the sale of cigarettes. This includes the
building of world-class scientific assessment capabilities, notably
in the areas of pre-clinical systems toxicology, clinical and
behavioral research, as well as post-market studies. In 2022, PMI
acquired Swedish Match – a leader in oral nicotine delivery –
creating a global smoke-free champion led by the companies’ IQOS
and ZYN brands. Following a robust science-based review, the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration has authorized the marketing of
Swedish Match’s General snus and ZYN nicotine pouches and versions
of PMI’s IQOS devices and consumables - the first-ever such
authorizations in their respective categories. Versions of IQOS
devices and consumables and General snus also obtained the
first-ever Modified Risk Tobacco Product authorizations from the
FDA. As of December 31, 2024, PMI's smoke-free products were
available for sale in 95 markets, and PMI estimates that 38.6
million adults around the world use PMI's smoke-free products. The
smoke-free business accounted for approximately 39% of PMI’s total
full-year 2024 net revenues. With a strong foundation and
significant expertise in life sciences, PMI has a long-term
ambition to expand into wellness and healthcare areas and aims to
enhance life through the delivery of seamless health experiences.
References to “PMI”, “we”, “our” and “us” mean Philip Morris
International Inc., and its subsidiaries. For more information,
please visit www.pmi.com and
www.pmiscience.com.
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