BTI vs. PM, MO, RLX, VGR, ISPR, XXII, HPCO, 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 Philip Morris International (PM), Altria Group (MO), RLX Technology (RLX), Vector Group (VGR), Ispire Technology (ISPR), 22nd Century Group (XXII), Hempacco (HPCO), Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), and Unilever (UL).
Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM) and British American Tobacco (NYSE:BTI) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Philip Morris International has higher revenue and earnings than British American Tobacco.
Philip Morris International has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, British American Tobacco has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Philip Morris International currently has a consensus price target of $105.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.45%. Given British American Tobacco's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Philip Morris International is more favorable than British American Tobacco.
In the previous week, Philip Morris International had 7 more articles in the media than British American Tobacco. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Philip Morris International and 7 mentions for British American Tobacco. British American Tobacco's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Philip Morris International's score of 0.98 indicating that Philip Morris International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
78.6% of Philip Morris International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.4% of British American Tobacco shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Philip Morris International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of British American Tobacco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Philip Morris International has a net margin of 8.58% compared to Philip Morris International's net margin of 0.00%. Philip Morris International's return on equity of 0.00% beat British American Tobacco's return on equity.
Philip Morris International pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. British American Tobacco pays an annual dividend of $2.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Philip Morris International pays out 101.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Philip Morris International has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and British American Tobacco has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Philip Morris International received 474 more outperform votes than British American Tobacco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.60% of users gave British American Tobacco an outperform vote while only 57.37% of users gave Philip Morris International an outperform vote.
Summary
Philip Morris International beats British American Tobacco on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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