British American Tobacco (BTI) Competitors

RLX Technology (NYSE:RLX) and British American Tobacco (NYSE:BTI) are both tobacco products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, RLX or BTI?

RLX Technology has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, British American Tobacco has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in RLX or BTI?

22.7% of RLX Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of British American Tobacco shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.4% of RLX Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of British American Tobacco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate RLX or BTI?

RLX Technology currently has a consensus target price of $2.25, indicating a potential downside of 5.86%. British American Tobacco has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential downside of 30.77%. Given RLX Technology's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RLX Technology is more favorable than British American Tobacco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RLX Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
British American Tobacco	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is RLX or BTI a better dividend stock?

RLX Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. British American Tobacco pays an annual dividend of $3.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. RLX Technology pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. British American Tobacco pays out 64.7% 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.

Does the media favor RLX or BTI?

In the previous week, British American Tobacco had 1 more articles in the media than RLX Technology. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for British American Tobacco and 12 mentions for RLX Technology. British American Tobacco's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat RLX Technology's score of 0.06 indicating that British American Tobacco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RLX Technology	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
British American Tobacco	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RLX or BTI more profitable?

RLX Technology has a net margin of 22.32% compared to British American Tobacco's net margin of 0.00%. RLX Technology's return on equity of 4.56% beat British American Tobacco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RLX Technology	22.32%	4.56%	4.34%
British American Tobacco	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has higher earnings and valuation, RLX or BTI?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
RLX Technology	$376.55M	9.97	$75.60M	$0.06	39.83
British American Tobacco	$33.06B	3.60	$3.92B	$4.87	11.86

Summary

RLX Technology beats British American Tobacco on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.