BTI vs. MO, PM, CL, MNST, EL, DEO, STZ, KHC, KDP, and KMB
Should you be buying British American Tobacco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of British American Tobacco include Altria Group (MO), Philip Morris International (PM), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Monster Beverage (MNST), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Diageo (DEO), Constellation Brands (STZ), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), and Kimberly-Clark (KMB). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
British American Tobacco (NYSE:BTI) and Altria Group (NYSE:MO) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.
Altria Group has a net margin of 34.81% compared to British American Tobacco's net margin of 0.00%. British American Tobacco's return on equity of 0.00% beat Altria Group's return on equity.
Altria Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than British American Tobacco.
British American Tobacco has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altria Group has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Altria Group received 533 more outperform votes than British American Tobacco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.26% of users gave Altria Group an outperform vote while only 64.73% of users gave British American Tobacco an outperform vote.
Altria Group has a consensus target price of $46.90, indicating a potential upside of 8.14%. Given Altria Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Altria Group is more favorable than British American Tobacco.
In the previous week, Altria Group had 43 more articles in the media than British American Tobacco. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Altria Group and 6 mentions for British American Tobacco. British American Tobacco's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Altria Group's score of 0.46 indicating that British American Tobacco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
British American Tobacco pays an annual dividend of $2.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Altria Group pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. 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.
21.4% of British American Tobacco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of Altria Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of British American Tobacco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Altria Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Altria Group beats British American Tobacco on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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