BTI vs. RLX, TPB, ISPR, HPCO, PM, MO, XXII, KO, PEP, and KOF
Should you be buying British American Tobacco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of British American Tobacco include RLX Technology (RLX), Turning Point Brands (TPB), Ispire Technology (ISPR), Hempacco (HPCO), Philip Morris International (PM), Altria Group (MO), 22nd Century Group (XXII), Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), and Coca-Cola FEMSA (KOF).
British American Tobacco vs.
RLX Technology (NYSE:RLX) and British American Tobacco (NYSE:BTI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
RLX Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. British American Tobacco pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. RLX Technology pays out 25.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
RLX Technology has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, British American Tobacco has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
22.7% of RLX Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of British American Tobacco shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.4% of RLX Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% 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 will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
RLX Technology presently has a consensus target price of $2.76, indicating a potential upside of 13.81%. British American Tobacco has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential downside of 12.69%. Given RLX Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe RLX Technology is more favorable than British American Tobacco.
British American Tobacco received 308 more outperform votes than RLX Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.77% of users gave British American Tobacco an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave RLX Technology an outperform vote.
In the previous week, British American Tobacco had 17 more articles in the media than RLX Technology. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for British American Tobacco and 0 mentions for RLX Technology. British American Tobacco's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat RLX Technology's score of 0.00 indicating that British American Tobacco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
British American Tobacco has higher revenue and earnings than RLX Technology.
Summary
British American Tobacco beats RLX Technology on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BTI) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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