Hempacco (HPCO) Competitors

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

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

16.2% of British American Tobacco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.6% of Hempacco shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of British American Tobacco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.8% of Hempacco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, BTI or HPCO?

British American Tobacco has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hempacco has a beta of 2.77, meaning that its stock price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BTI or HPCO?

In the previous week, British American Tobacco had 11 more articles in the media than Hempacco. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for British American Tobacco and 0 mentions for Hempacco. British American Tobacco's average media sentiment score of 1.40 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

Do analysts recommend BTI or HPCO?

British American Tobacco currently has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential downside of 25.74%. Given Hempacco's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hempacco is more favorable than British American Tobacco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
British American Tobacco	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Hempacco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher valuation & earnings, 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	$25.87B	3.55	$3.92B	$4.87	9.13
Hempacco	$4.05M	0.00	-$13.13M	N/A	N/A

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BTI or HPCO?

British American Tobacco received 319 more outperform votes than Hempacco when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
British American Tobacco	Outperform Votes 319 64.84%	Underperform Votes 173 35.16%
Hempacco	N/A	N/A

Summary

British American Tobacco beats Hempacco on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.