On Frisday, September 19th, Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) announced that its Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend increase from $1.35 to $1.47 per share. The dividend is payable on October 20, 2025, to shareholders of record as of October 3, 2025. This represents a 8.89% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
PM has increased its annual dividend every year since becoming a public company in 2008, representing a total increase of 219.6%, or a compound annual growth rate of 7.1%.
At the current price of $161.98 (yesterday's close), this increase will raise PM's dividend yield to 3.63%.
Philip Morris International Inc. is a Dividend Contenders with a 17 year streak of dividend increases. Dividend growth rates for 1, 3, 5 and 10 years are 2.7, 2.7, 2.7 and 3.1 (Dividend Champions.xls)
As an owner of 85 shares of PM, the recent dividend increase adds $30.40 to my projected annual net dividend income.
I had anticipated an increase of around 4%, so this announcement came as a very pleasant surprise—one that I welcome with great satisfaction.
This marks the twelfth dividend increase I have received from Philip Morris since establishing my position in January 2014. During this time, the company’s quarterly dividend has steadily risen from $0.94 to $1.47 per share, representing a cumulative increase of 56.4%.
As of this writing, PM represents approximately 1.61% of my portfolio by weight and contributes around 1.39% to my projected annual dividend income.
Following this increase, my yield on cost is 7.02%.
Summary of 2025 Dividend Increases / Cuts
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