Shares of Philip Morris Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: PM) stayed purple on Monday. The inventory has dropped over 6% year-to-date. The tobacco large is scheduled to report its first quarter 2024 earnings outcomes on Tuesday, April 23, earlier than markets open. Right here’s a have a look at what to anticipate from the earnings report:
Income
Analysts are projecting income of $8.46 billion for PMI within the first quarter of 2024. This compares to income of $8 billion reported in the identical interval final yr. Within the fourth quarter of 2023, revenues elevated 11% year-over-year to $9 billion.
Earnings
Philip Morris has guided for adjusted EPS of $1.37-1.42 for Q1 2024. Analysts are predicting EPS of $1.41 for the primary quarter. This compares to adjusted EPS of $1.38 reported in Q1 2023. In This autumn 2023, adjusted EPS elevated 12% to $1.36.
Factors to notice
Philip Morris’ smoke-free transformation is transferring forward nicely. Smoke-free merchandise made up round 40% of complete revenues and over 40% of gross revenue within the fourth quarter of 2023. The corporate expects smoke-free natural progress to speed up for each revenues and gross revenue in 2024. This bodes nicely for the primary quarter.
The smoke-free momentum is principally pushed by IQOS, whose internet revenues surpassed Marlboro in This autumn. On the finish of 2023, IQOS customers had been estimated at 28.6 million. Of this IQOS ILUMA was estimated to have over 17 million grownup customers. IQOS ILUMA is predicted to see robust consumer progress in 2024 and past, which is once more a constructive for Q1.
One other progress driver is ZYN nicotine pouches, which recorded quantity progress of 78% within the US throughout This autumn. PMI expects continued quantity progress for ZYN within the US and has forecast it to succeed in round 520 million cans in 2024.
On the similar time, declining cigarette volumes have been a trigger for concern. Whole cigarette and HTU cargo quantity dropped by 0.5% in This autumn. Whole worldwide business quantity decline for cigarettes and HTUs, excluding China and the US, is predicted to be down 2% to flat in 2024.
