BF.A vs. MO, CL, DEO, BTI, MNST, KDP, STZ, EL, KMB, and KHC
Should you be buying Brown-Forman stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brown-Forman include Altria Group (MO), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Diageo (DEO), British American Tobacco (BTI), Monster Beverage (MNST), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Constellation Brands (STZ), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), and Kraft Heinz (KHC). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Altria Group (NYSE:MO) and Brown-Forman (NYSE:BF.A) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Altria Group has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brown-Forman has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Altria Group has higher revenue and earnings than Brown-Forman. Altria Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brown-Forman, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Altria Group had 18 more articles in the media than Brown-Forman. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Altria Group and 1 mentions for Brown-Forman. Brown-Forman's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Altria Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Altria Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Altria Group pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Brown-Forman pays an annual dividend of $0.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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. Brown-Forman pays out 43.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Altria Group has raised its dividend for 55 consecutive years. Altria Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
57.4% of Altria Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Brown-Forman shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Altria Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Brown-Forman shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Altria Group received 703 more outperform votes than Brown-Forman when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.26% of users gave Altria Group an outperform vote while only 55.69% of users gave Brown-Forman an outperform vote.
Altria Group has a net margin of 34.81% compared to Altria Group's net margin of 22.65%. Altria Group's return on equity of 29.01% beat Brown-Forman's return on equity.
Altria Group currently has a consensus target price of $46.90, suggesting a potential upside of 3.10%. Given Brown-Forman's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Altria Group is more favorable than Brown-Forman.
Summary
Altria Group beats Brown-Forman on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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