BTI vs. RLX, TPB, ISPR, HPCO, PM, MO, XXII, KO, PEP, and KOF
Should you be buying British American Tobacco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of British American Tobacco include RLX Technology (RLX), Turning Point Brands (TPB), Ispire Technology (ISPR), Hempacco (HPCO), Philip Morris International (PM), Altria Group (MO), 22nd Century Group (XXII), Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), and Coca-Cola FEMSA (KOF).
British American Tobacco vs.
British American Tobacco (NYSE:BTI) and RLX Technology (NYSE:RLX) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
British American Tobacco pays an annual dividend of $2.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. RLX Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. British American Tobacco pays out 60.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RLX Technology pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
British American Tobacco received 309 more outperform votes than RLX Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.84% of users gave British American Tobacco an outperform vote while only 34.48% of users gave RLX Technology an outperform vote.
In the previous week, British American Tobacco had 10 more articles in the media than RLX Technology. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for British American Tobacco and 1 mentions for RLX Technology. British American Tobacco's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat RLX Technology's score of 0.00 indicating that British American Tobacco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
British American Tobacco presently has a consensus target price of $33.00, suggesting a potential downside of 30.50%. RLX Technology has a consensus target price of $2.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2.97%. Given RLX Technology's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RLX Technology is more favorable than British American Tobacco.
British American Tobacco has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RLX Technology has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
16.2% of British American Tobacco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of RLX Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of British American Tobacco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.4% of RLX Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
RLX Technology has a net margin of 15.70% compared to British American Tobacco's net margin of 0.00%. RLX Technology's return on equity of 2.48% beat British American Tobacco's return on equity.
British American Tobacco has higher revenue and earnings than RLX Technology. British American Tobacco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RLX Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
British American Tobacco beats RLX Technology on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BTI) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
