BTI vs. RLX, TPB, ISPR, HPCO, PM, MO, XXII, KO, PEP, and SONY
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 Sony Group (SONY).
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 companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
British American Tobacco has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RLX Technology has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, British American Tobacco had 6 more articles in the media than RLX Technology. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for British American Tobacco and 7 mentions for RLX Technology. British American Tobacco's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat RLX Technology's score of 0.26 indicating that British American Tobacco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 37.04% of users gave RLX Technology an outperform vote.
British American Tobacco pays an annual dividend of $2.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. RLX Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. British American Tobacco pays out 60.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RLX Technology pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
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.
British American Tobacco presently has a consensus price target of $33.00, indicating a potential downside of 18.96%. RLX Technology has a consensus price target of $2.50, indicating a potential upside of 26.90%. Given RLX Technology's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RLX Technology is more favorable than British American Tobacco.
British American Tobacco has higher revenue and earnings than RLX Technology. British American Tobacco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RLX Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
British American Tobacco beats RLX Technology on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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