PM vs. MO, BTI, UL, BUD, MDLZ, CL, DEO, 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), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Diageo (DEO), PepsiCo (PEP), Monster Beverage (MNST), and Estée Lauder Companies (EL). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM) and Altria Group (NYSE:MO) are both large-cap 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.
78.6% of Philip Morris International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of Altria Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Philip Morris International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Altria Group 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.
Philip Morris International pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Altria Group pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. 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 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. Altria Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Philip Morris International presently has a consensus target price of $105.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.57%. Altria Group has a consensus target price of $46.90, indicating a potential upside of 3.10%. Given Philip Morris International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Philip Morris International is more favorable than Altria Group.
In the previous week, Altria Group had 5 more articles in the media than Philip Morris International. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Altria Group and 14 mentions for Philip Morris International. Philip Morris International's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Altria Group's score of 0.82 indicating that Philip Morris International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Altria Group has a net margin of 34.81% compared to Philip Morris International's net margin of 8.58%. Philip Morris International's return on equity of -113.26% beat Altria Group's return on equity.
Altria Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Philip Morris International has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altria Group has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Philip Morris International and Altria Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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