Hempacco (HPCO) Competitors

British American Tobacco (NYSE:BTI) and Hempacco (NASDAQ:HPCO) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility & risk, BTI or HPCO?

British American Tobacco has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hempacco has a beta of 2.51, suggesting that its stock price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BTI or HPCO?

British American Tobacco received 318 more outperform votes than Hempacco when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
British American Tobacco	Outperform Votes 318 64.77%	Underperform Votes 173 35.23%
Hempacco	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer BTI or HPCO?

British American Tobacco presently has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential downside of 13.03%. Given British American Tobacco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe British American Tobacco is more favorable than Hempacco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
British American Tobacco	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Hempacco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is BTI or HPCO more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
British American Tobacco	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hempacco	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BTI or HPCO?

British American Tobacco has higher revenue and earnings than Hempacco.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
British American Tobacco	$33.06B	2.38	$3.92B	N/A	N/A
Hempacco	$4.05M	0.00	-$13.13M	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor BTI or HPCO?

In the previous week, British American Tobacco had 16 more articles in the media than Hempacco. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for British American Tobacco and 0 mentions for Hempacco. British American Tobacco's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Hempacco's score of 0.00 indicating that British American Tobacco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
British American Tobacco	Positive
Hempacco	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BTI or HPCO?

16.2% of British American Tobacco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.6% of Hempacco shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of British American Tobacco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.8% of Hempacco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

British American Tobacco beats Hempacco on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.