PM vs. MO, BTI, UL, BUD, MDLZ, DEO, CL, PEP, MNST, and EL
Should you be buying Philip Morris International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Philip Morris International include Altria Group (MO), British American Tobacco (BTI), Unilever (UL), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Mondelez International (MDLZ), Diageo (DEO), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), PepsiCo (PEP), Monster Beverage (MNST), and Estée Lauder Companies (EL). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Altria Group (NYSE:MO) and Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Altria Group had 15 more articles in the media than Philip Morris International. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Altria Group and 18 mentions for Philip Morris International. Altria Group's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Philip Morris International's score of 0.66 indicating that Philip Morris International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Altria Group has a net margin of 34.81% compared to Altria Group's net margin of 8.58%. Altria Group's return on equity of -113.26% beat Philip Morris International's return on equity.
Altria Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Philip Morris International. Altria Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Philip Morris International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Altria Group presently has a consensus price target of $46.90, indicating a potential upside of 1.78%. Philip Morris International has a consensus price target of $105.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.68%. Given Altria Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Philip Morris International is more favorable than Altria Group.
Altria Group received 59 more outperform votes than Philip Morris International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.26% of users gave Altria Group an outperform vote while only 57.37% of users gave Philip Morris International an outperform vote.
57.4% of Altria Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Philip Morris International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Altria Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Philip Morris International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Altria Group has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Philip Morris International has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Altria Group pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Philip Morris International pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Altria Group pays out 82.0% 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 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. Altria Group has raised its dividend for 55 consecutive years and Philip Morris International has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Altria Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Altria Group beats Philip Morris International on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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