MO vs. BTI, DEO, MNST, EL, MDLZ, STZ, KHC, KMB, KDP, and BUD
Should you be buying Altria Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Altria Group include British American Tobacco (BTI), Diageo (DEO), Monster Beverage (MNST), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Mondelez International (MDLZ), Constellation Brands (STZ), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), and Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD). 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
British American Tobacco has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altria Group has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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. British American Tobacco has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Altria Group has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years.
Altria Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than British American Tobacco.
In the previous week, Altria Group had 47 more articles in the media than British American Tobacco. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Altria Group and 6 mentions for British American Tobacco. Altria Group's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat British American Tobacco's score of 0.43 indicating that British American Tobacco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
21.4% of British American Tobacco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of Altria Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of British American Tobacco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Altria Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Altria Group has a net margin of 34.81% compared to Altria Group's net margin of 0.00%. Altria Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat British American Tobacco's return on equity.
Altria Group has a consensus price target of $46.90, indicating a potential upside of 8.11%. Given British American Tobacco's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Altria Group is more favorable than British American Tobacco.
Summary
Altria Group beats British American Tobacco on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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