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Imperial Brands (IMB) Competitors

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GBX 2,532 +23.00 (+0.92%)
(As of 11/22/2024 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.

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

Imperial Brands has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
British American Tobacco£26.18B2.51-£13.88B-£6.22-477.33
Imperial Brands£18.18B1.17£2.08B£2.301,100.87

40.7% of British American Tobacco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.0% of Imperial Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 10.6% of British American Tobacco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Imperial Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

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
British American Tobacco-52.84% -21.50% 5.16%
Imperial Brands 11.44%39.00%6.92%

In the previous week, Imperial Brands had 9 more articles in the media than British American Tobacco. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Imperial Brands and 1 mentions for British American Tobacco. British American Tobacco's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Imperial Brands' score of 0.46 indicating that British American Tobacco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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

British American Tobacco pays an annual dividend of GBX 236 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Imperial Brands pays an annual dividend of GBX 153 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. British American Tobacco pays out -3,794.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

British American Tobacco presently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,237.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.04%. Imperial Brands has a consensus price target of GBX 2,205, indicating a potential downside of 12.91%. Given British American Tobacco's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe British American Tobacco is more favorable than Imperial Brands.

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

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IMB vs. The Competition

MetricImperial BrandsTobacco IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£21.36B£29.00B£5.48B£1.60B
Dividend Yield6.78%5.53%3.18%11.57%
P/E Ratio1,100.87112.03202.001,629.31
Price / Sales1.17184.06151,314.48248,106.54
Price / Cash10.5714.60135.6832.80
Price / Book4.953.113.032.88
Net Income£2.08B-£5.90B£154.87M£172.51M
7 Day Performance6.79%1.39%-0.41%-0.02%
1 Month Performance10.18%1.42%2.03%-0.43%
1 Year Performance38.10%9.26%73.81%24.84%

Imperial Brands Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IMB
Imperial Brands
0.4156 of 5 stars
GBX 2,532
+0.9%
GBX 2,205
-12.9%
+34.8%£21.36B£18.18B1,100.8725,200News Coverage
BATS
British American Tobacco
0.6953 of 5 stars
GBX 2,923
+0.2%
GBX 3,237.50
+10.8%
+16.2%£64.60B£26.18B-469.9452,000Dividend Increase
DGE
Diageo
1.5048 of 5 stars
GBX 2,347.83
-0.4%
GBX 3,008
+28.1%
-15.4%£52.12B£20.27B1,778.0330,269
RKT
Reckitt Benckiser Group
0.5982 of 5 stars
GBX 4,741
-0.4%
GBX 4,788.50
+1.0%
-10.9%£32.77B£14.33B2,184.7926,000
CCEP
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
N/AGBX 6,160
+2.0%
N/A+11,050.4%£28.39B£19.15B1,737.1427,600High Trading Volume
TSCO
Tesco
0.6417 of 5 stars
GBX 350.90
+0.7%
GBX 313.33
-10.7%
+26.3%£23.90B£69.16B1,292.3349,000
ABF
Associated British Foods
0.7489 of 5 stars
GBX 2,171
+0.7%
GBX 2,220
+2.3%
-7.3%£15.98B£19.92B1,400.65133,000Insider Trade
BNZL
Bunzl
0.7224 of 5 stars
GBX 3,468
+2.0%
GBX 3,182.50
-8.2%
+18.4%£11.58B£11.60B2,391.7224,528
CCH
Coca-Cola HBC
1.2617 of 5 stars
GBX 2,756
+0.6%
GBX 2,825
+2.5%
+27.9%£9.98B£10.34B1,927.2732,700Insider Trade
Positive News
SBRY
J Sainsbury
2.1207 of 5 stars
GBX 246.80
+0.3%
GBX 281
+13.9%
-5.0%£5.75B£32.70B4,113.33152,000Analyst Forecast
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BME
B&M European Value Retail
3.5531 of 5 stars
GBX 339
+4.4%
GBX 579.20
+70.9%
-35.1%£3.39B£5.48B941.7839,484Analyst Forecast
News Coverage

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This page (LON:IMB) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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