British American Tobacco (BTI) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, RLX or BTI?

RLX Technology has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, British American Tobacco has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate RLX or BTI?

RLX Technology currently has a consensus price target of $2.76, suggesting a potential upside of 40.82%. British American Tobacco has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.94%. 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
RLX Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
British American Tobacco	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, RLX or BTI?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
RLX Technology	$2.16B	1.43	$75.26M	$0.04	49.00
British American Tobacco	$26.18B	2.88	-$17.87B	$4.79	7.57

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RLX or BTI?

22.7% of RLX Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of British American Tobacco shares are held by institutional investors. 53.4% of RLX Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of British American Tobacco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RLX or BTI?

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

Is RLX or BTI a better dividend stock?

RLX Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. British American Tobacco pays an annual dividend of $2.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. RLX Technology pays out 25.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. British American Tobacco pays out 61.2% 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.

Does the media favor RLX or BTI?

In the previous week, British American Tobacco had 7 more articles in the media than RLX Technology. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for British American Tobacco and 2 mentions for RLX Technology. British American Tobacco's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat RLX Technology's score of 0.37 indicating that British American Tobacco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RLX Technology	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
British American Tobacco	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RLX or BTI 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
RLX Technology	15.70%	2.48%	2.37%
British American Tobacco	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

RLX Technology beats British American Tobacco on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.