Turning Point Brands (TPB) Competitors

Turning Point Brands (NYSE:TPB) 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 valuation, dividends, risk, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is TPB or RLX a better dividend stock?

Turning Point Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. RLX Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Turning Point Brands pays out 11.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RLX Technology pays out 25.0% 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. Turning Point Brands has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Is TPB or RLX more profitable?

RLX Technology has a net margin of 18.25% compared to Turning Point Brands' net margin of 11.36%. Turning Point Brands' return on equity of 36.11% beat RLX Technology's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Turning Point Brands	11.36%	36.11%	9.84%
RLX Technology	18.25%	2.48%	2.38%

Do analysts recommend TPB or RLX?

Turning Point Brands presently has a consensus target price of $47.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.31%. RLX Technology has a consensus target price of $2.76, indicating a potential upside of 70.37%. Given RLX Technology's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RLX Technology is more favorable than Turning Point Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Turning Point Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
RLX Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TPB or RLX?

96.1% of Turning Point Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of RLX Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Turning Point Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 53.4% of RLX Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TPB or RLX?

RLX Technology has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Turning Point Brands. Turning Point Brands 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
Turning Point Brands	$404.41M	2.11	$38.46M	$2.42	19.89
RLX Technology	$223.44M	11.39	$75.26M	$0.04	40.51

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TPB or RLX?

Turning Point Brands received 255 more outperform votes than RLX Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.92% of users gave Turning Point Brands an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave RLX Technology an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Turning Point Brands	Outperform Votes 265 66.92%	Underperform Votes 131 33.08%
RLX Technology	Outperform Votes 10 38.46%	Underperform Votes 16 61.54%

Which has more risk & volatility, TPB or RLX?

Turning Point Brands has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RLX Technology has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor TPB or RLX?

In the previous week, Turning Point Brands had 3 more articles in the media than RLX Technology. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Turning Point Brands and 2 mentions for RLX Technology. Turning Point Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat RLX Technology's score of -0.29 indicating that Turning Point Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Turning Point Brands	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RLX Technology	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Turning Point Brands beats RLX Technology on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.