BTI vs. RLX, TPB, ISPR, HPCO, PM, MO, XXII, KO, PEP, and UL
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 Unilever (UL).
British American Tobacco vs.
British American Tobacco (NYSE:BTI) and RLX Technology (NYSE:RLX) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
British American Tobacco currently has a consensus target price of $33.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.14%. RLX Technology has a consensus target price of $2.76, suggesting a potential upside of 20.79%. Given RLX Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RLX Technology is more favorable than British American Tobacco.
British American Tobacco has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RLX Technology has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
16.2% of British American Tobacco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of RLX Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of British American Tobacco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.4% of RLX Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
British American Tobacco pays an annual dividend of $2.93 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 0.4%. RLX Technology pays out 25.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
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.
RLX Technology has lower revenue, but higher earnings than British American Tobacco.
In the previous week, British American Tobacco had 11 more articles in the media than RLX Technology. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for British American Tobacco and 3 mentions for RLX Technology. RLX Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat British American Tobacco's score of 0.82 indicating that RLX Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
RLX Technology beats British American Tobacco on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BTI) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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