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Imperial Brands (IMB) Competitors

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GBX 2,359
-2.00 (-0.08%)
(As of 11/4/2024 09:22 PM ET)

IMB vs. BATS, DGE, RKT, CCEP, TSCO, ABF, BNZL, CCH, SBRY, and BME

Should you be buying Imperial Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Imperial Brands include British American Tobacco (BATS), Diageo (DGE), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Tesco (TSCO), Associated British Foods (ABF), Bunzl (BNZL), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), J Sainsbury (SBRY), and B&M European Value Retail (BME). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.

Imperial Brands vs.

Imperial Brands (LON:IMB) and British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Imperial Brands pays an annual dividend of GBX 153 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. British American Tobacco pays an annual dividend of GBX 236 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Imperial Brands pays out 6,652.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. British American Tobacco pays out -3,794.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. British American Tobacco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Imperial Brands presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,220, suggesting a potential downside of 5.89%. British American Tobacco has a consensus target price of GBX 3,237.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.95%. Given British American Tobacco's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe British American Tobacco is more favorable than Imperial Brands.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Imperial Brands
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
British American Tobacco
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Imperial Brands has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, British American Tobacco has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, British American Tobacco had 4 more articles in the media than Imperial Brands. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for British American Tobacco and 1 mentions for Imperial Brands. Imperial Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat British American Tobacco's score of 0.37 indicating that Imperial Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Imperial Brands
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
British American Tobacco
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Imperial Brands has higher earnings, but lower revenue than British American Tobacco. British American Tobacco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Imperial Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Imperial Brands£18.18B1.09£2.08B£2.301,025.65
British American Tobacco£26.18B2.28-£13.88B-£6.22-433.92

68.0% of Imperial Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of British American Tobacco shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of Imperial Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of British American Tobacco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Imperial Brands has a net margin of 11.44% compared to British American Tobacco's net margin of -52.84%. Imperial Brands' return on equity of 39.00% beat British American Tobacco's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Imperial Brands11.44% 39.00% 6.92%
British American Tobacco -52.84%-21.50%5.16%

British American Tobacco received 597 more outperform votes than Imperial Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.05% of users gave British American Tobacco an outperform vote while only 69.56% of users gave Imperial Brands an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Imperial BrandsOutperform Votes
633
69.56%
Underperform Votes
277
30.44%
British American TobaccoOutperform Votes
1230
74.05%
Underperform Votes
431
25.95%

Summary

Imperial Brands beats British American Tobacco on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IMB vs. The Competition

MetricImperial BrandsTobacco IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£19.90B£19.89B£5.32B£1.43B
Dividend Yield6.78%5.53%3.19%11.84%
P/E Ratio1,025.6594.88203.361,583.79
Price / Sales1.09168.65138,924.03219,591.47
Price / Cash10.5714.60124.6426.80
Price / Book4.622.883.062.91
Net Income£2.08B-£5.90B£148.18M£157.60M
7 Day Performance5.17%1.74%-0.44%0.78%
1 Month Performance9.67%-2.15%-1.32%-0.48%
1 Year Performance30.87%14.28%37.58%115.76%

Imperial Brands Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IMB
Imperial Brands
0.4713 of 5 stars
GBX 2,359
-0.1%
GBX 2,220
-5.9%
+30.9%£19.90B£18.18B1,025.6525,200Dividend Increase
BATS
British American Tobacco
1.4226 of 5 stars
GBX 2,695
+1.8%
GBX 3,237.50
+20.1%
+6.8%£59.56B£26.18B-433.2852,000Dividend Increase
DGE
Diageo
1.7509 of 5 stars
GBX 2,399
-2.1%
GBX 3,008
+25.4%
-25.5%£53.26B£20.27B1,817.4230,269Gap Down
RKT
Reckitt Benckiser Group
0.9815 of 5 stars
GBX 4,684
-1.6%
GBX 4,788.50
+2.2%
-8.6%£32.37B£14.33B2,158.5326,000Gap Up
CCEP
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
N/AGBX 6,120
+2.9%
N/A+10,407.9%£28.21B£19.15B1,748.5727,600Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TSCO
Tesco
0.5675 of 5 stars
GBX 342.20
-1.5%
GBX 313.33
-8.4%
+27.7%£23.30B£69.16B1,267.4149,000High Trading Volume
ABF
Associated British Foods
0.3335 of 5 stars
GBX 2,221
-3.1%
GBX 2,220
0.0%
+7.8%£16.34B£19.92B1,432.90133,000News Coverage
BNZL
Bunzl
0.8595 of 5 stars
GBX 3,412
-0.6%
GBX 3,182.50
-6.7%
+18.2%£11.40B£11.60B2,353.1024,528
CCH
Coca-Cola HBC
1.2354 of 5 stars
GBX 2,710
+1.6%
GBX 2,825
+4.2%
+29.8%£9.81B£10.34B1,895.1032,700Gap Up
SBRY
J Sainsbury
1.4199 of 5 stars
GBX 266.20
+0.7%
GBX 281
+5.6%
-3.2%£6.20B£32.70B4,436.67152,000
BME
B&M European Value Retail
2.532 of 5 stars
GBX 387.60
-3.4%
GBX 587.67
+51.6%
-26.9%£3.88B£5.48B1,076.6739,484News Coverage

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This page (LON:IMB) was last updated on 11/5/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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