Hempacco (HPCO) Competitors

British American Tobacco (NYSE:BTI) and Hempacco (NASDAQ:HPCO) are both tobacco products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BTI or HPCO?

16.2% of British American Tobacco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.6% of Hempacco shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of British American Tobacco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 44.8% of Hempacco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer BTI or HPCO?

British American Tobacco presently has a consensus target price of $51.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.78%. Given British American Tobacco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe British American Tobacco is more favorable than Hempacco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
British American Tobacco	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Hempacco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer BTI or HPCO?

In the previous week, British American Tobacco had 10 more articles in the media than Hempacco. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for British American Tobacco and 0 mentions for Hempacco. British American Tobacco's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Hempacco's score of 0.00 indicating that British American Tobacco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
British American Tobacco	Positive
Hempacco	Neutral

Is BTI or HPCO more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
British American Tobacco	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hempacco	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BTI or HPCO?

British American Tobacco has higher revenue and earnings than Hempacco.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
British American Tobacco	$33.06B	3.52	$3.92B	$4.87	11.61
Hempacco	$4.05M	0.00	-$13.13M	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, BTI or HPCO?

British American Tobacco has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hempacco has a beta of 2.77, suggesting that its stock price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

British American Tobacco beats Hempacco on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.