BTI vs. MO, PM, EL, BUD, DEO, CL, MDLZ, MNST, HSY, and GIS
Should you be buying British American Tobacco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of British American Tobacco include Altria Group (MO), Philip Morris International (PM), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Diageo (DEO), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Mondelez International (MDLZ), Monster Beverage (MNST), Hershey (HSY), and General Mills (GIS). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
British American Tobacco vs.
Altria Group (NYSE:MO) and British American Tobacco (NYSE:BTI) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, Altria Group had 3 more articles in the media than British American Tobacco. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Altria Group and 5 mentions for British American Tobacco. Altria Group's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat British American Tobacco's score of 0.43 indicating that Altria Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Altria Group presently has a consensus target price of $44.67, indicating a potential upside of 0.19%. Given British American Tobacco's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe British American Tobacco is more favorable than Altria Group.
Altria Group received 527 more outperform votes than British American Tobacco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.73% of users gave Altria Group an outperform vote while only 64.77% of users gave British American Tobacco an outperform vote.
British American Tobacco has higher revenue and earnings than Altria Group.
Altria Group has a net margin of 22.44% compared to British American Tobacco's net margin of 0.00%. British American Tobacco's return on equity of 0.00% beat Altria Group's return on equity.
Altria Group has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, British American Tobacco has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
58.7% of Altria Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of British American Tobacco shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Altria Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of British American Tobacco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Altria Group pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. British American Tobacco pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Altria Group pays out 120.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Altria Group has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and British American Tobacco has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
Altria Group beats British American Tobacco on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BTI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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