Hempacco (HPCO) Competitors

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

Which has stronger 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	$25.87B	3.38	$3.92B	$4.87	8.68
Hempacco	$4.05M	0.00	-$13.13M	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend BTI or HPCO?

British American Tobacco presently has a consensus price target of $33.00, indicating a potential downside of 21.96%. Given British American Tobacco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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

Does the media prefer 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 1.28 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

Which has more risk & volatility, BTI or HPCO?

British American Tobacco has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hempacco has a beta of 2.77, suggesting that its share price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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

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

Summary

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