Philip Morris is one of the world's largest cigarette makers. Image credit: iStock/Thinkstock.

The sun may be setting on the cigarette industry, but Philip Morris (PM 1.39%) still generates a ridiculous amount of money. Over the last 12 months, it earned $28 billion in revenue, ranking 89th among S&P 500 companies. What does the 115-year-old business do with all this money? The slideshow below provides an answer.

Viewers of the slideshow will learn two interesting points, among other things, from scrolling through it:

  • First, Philip Morris distributes a much larger share of its income via dividends than other leading companies do.
  • Second, the Switzerland-based firm enjoys meaningfully wider profit margins than the typical large-cap stock.

What else can investors learn about Philip Morris from an analysis of its revenue flows? Scroll through the brief slideshow below to find out.

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Slideshow data sourced from YCharts.com on Dec. 2, 2015. Slideshow image credits: istock/Thinkstock.