British American Tobacco (BTI) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to BTI or RLX?

In the previous week, RLX Technology had 7 more articles in the media than British American Tobacco. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for RLX Technology and 11 mentions for British American Tobacco. British American Tobacco's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat RLX Technology's score of 0.44 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	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RLX Technology	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, BTI or RLX?

British American Tobacco has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RLX Technology has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BTI or RLX?

21.4% of British American Tobacco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of RLX Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of British American Tobacco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.4% of RLX Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer BTI or RLX?

British American Tobacco currently has a consensus target price of $33.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.00%. RLX Technology has a consensus target price of $2.76, suggesting a potential upside of 52.07%. Given RLX Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RLX Technology is more favorable than British American Tobacco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
British American Tobacco	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
RLX Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BTI or RLX?

British American Tobacco received 306 more outperform votes than RLX Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.62% of users gave British American Tobacco an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave RLX Technology an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
British American Tobacco	Outperform Votes 316 64.62%	Underperform Votes 173 35.38%
RLX Technology	Outperform Votes 10 38.46%	Underperform Votes 16 61.54%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BTI or RLX?

RLX Technology has lower revenue, but higher earnings than British American Tobacco.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
British American Tobacco	$33.94B	2.27	-$17.87B	N/A	N/A
RLX Technology	$223.44M	12.76	$75.26M	$0.04	45.39

Is BTI or RLX a better dividend stock?

British American Tobacco pays an annual dividend of $3.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. RLX Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. RLX Technology pays out 25.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is BTI or RLX more profitable?

RLX Technology has a net margin of 15.70% compared to British American Tobacco's net margin of 0.00%. RLX Technology's return on equity of 2.48% beat British American Tobacco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
British American Tobacco	N/A	N/A	N/A
RLX Technology	15.70%	2.48%	2.37%

Summary

RLX Technology beats British American Tobacco on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.