Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM)

Outperform: buy - use - replace..... do again!

Everyone that was going to stop smoking has. This is a Solid Sin Stock, buy when it is in the bottom half of its 52 week range.

A large company selling a 'currently' legally-addictive product that pays a dividend. Ethics aside (understandable if they are not), this is a safe bet.

Nice entry

wide margins, people will continue to use the product regardless of price, not subject to lawsuits in the US

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Betting against Big Tobacco is like betting on adolescent obedience and adult willpower.

Addiction Stock. International Growth. Secure Dividend.

Because people will smoke, regardless of the economy.

This company ranks up there with KO as one of the greatest investments ever. PM sells an addictive product with well published adverse side effects and management still makes growth seem easy.

Lowest payout ratio of the cigarette companies at 59% and still holds strong international growth potential. Recession proof product and a great dividend in growing markets, lifelong hold here.

Strong balance sheet, great exposure overseas where EVERYONE smokes and guess what - people smoke more when times are tough.

Cigarettes, developing economies, for every one giving up in he west ten are taking up smoking in the east. Debt is high but, with the current revenue, and low capital expenditure requirements it is manageable.

It may not be pretty or ethical...but it sure is profitable!

9% growth per yr + 4% per year in buybacks + 4% per year in dividends = 17% compounded annual appreciation in share price. (assuming shares are purchased at intrinsic value and the price follows intrinsic value over time.) That will absolutly destroy the S&P's return over a 10 year or longer time frame. The shares are, ofcourse, a bit above intrinsic value at this time, but if you plan on retiring more than 10 or 15 years from now, this is about as close to a no brainer as you can get.

Very diversified and aggressive company that continues to perform well

nothing to be said

Cigarettes, like Facebook, just aren't cool any more. Also, I've heard they cause cancer.

Rich will get richer... At $30/pack people will smoke (and that's not tax revenue!)

hold a stock a while and the dividend % rate of return will really equal something, that is PM for me

Global consumption of American tobacco will rise.