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NYSE:BTI

British American Tobacco (BTI) Competitors

$31.90
+0.19 (+0.60%)
(As of 06/1/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$31.89
$32.11
50-Day Range
$31.71
$37.34
52-Week Range
$31.64
$45.22
Volume
3.44 million shs
Average Volume
4.26 million shs
Market Capitalization
$78.37 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
9.03%
Price Target
N/A

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Altria Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
British American Tobacco
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Altria Group
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
British American Tobacco
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Altria GroupOutperform Votes
834
69.73%
Underperform Votes
362
30.27%
British American TobaccoOutperform Votes
307
64.77%
Underperform Votes
167
35.23%

British American Tobacco has higher revenue and earnings than Altria Group.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Altria Group$25.10 billion3.17$5.76 billion$3.1114.33
British American Tobacco$34.21 billion2.29$8.25 billionN/AN/A

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Altria Group 22.44% -245.43% 24.43%
British American Tobacco N/A N/A N/A

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.
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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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BTI vs. The Competition

MetricBritish American TobaccoCigarettes IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$78.37B$35.12B$15.11B$14.53B
Dividend Yield8.90%6.18%2.99%4.06%
P/E RatioN/A9.7615.4818.14
Price / Sales2.293.103.958.96
Price / Cash6.6012.4219.6323.09
Price / Book0.841.316.069.18
Net Income$8.25B$2.67B$672.74M$900.02M
7 Day Performance-1.94%-3.64%-0.85%0.98%
1 Month Performance-13.46%-10.38%1.53%-1.55%
1 Year Performance-28.38%-18.16%-9.36%-9.06%

British American Tobacco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MO
Altria Group
1.8121 of 5 stars
$44.33
-0.6%
$44.67
+0.8%
-17.6%$79.12B$25.10B14.256,300
PM
Philip Morris International
2.3122 of 5 stars
$90.26
-0.6%
$110.60
+22.5%
-14.8%$140.10B$80.67B16.1579,800
EL
Estée Lauder Companies
2.9836 of 5 stars
$191.91
-1.0%
$264.21
+37.7%
-27.0%$68.59B$17.74B63.7663,000Ex-Dividend
Analyst Report
BUD
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
2.2181 of 5 stars
$54.46
-4.7%
$64.29
+18.0%
-2.3%$94.60B$57.79B14.64166,632Options Volume
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
DEO
Diageo
1.7019 of 5 stars
$170.02
-2.3%
N/A-8.1%$95.88B$19.43B0.0028,137Short Interest ↓
CL
Colgate-Palmolive
2.5455 of 5 stars
$74.94
-1.7%
$84.75
+13.1%
-4.2%$62.17B$17.97B39.0333,800Analyst Revision
MDLZ
Mondelez International
1.94 of 5 stars
$72.37
-3.7%
$77.00
+6.4%
+17.0%$98.56B$31.50B25.2291,000
MNST
Monster Beverage
2.1204 of 5 stars
$57.75
+0.2%
$59.97
+3.9%
+34.8%$57.75B$6.31B47.345,296
HSY
Hershey
2.5171 of 5 stars
$256.44
-0.5%
$265.06
+3.4%
+23.8%$52.42B$10.42B31.1219,865Positive News
GIS
General Mills
1.9872 of 5 stars
$83.27
-1.1%
$84.76
+1.8%
+21.4%$48.91B$18.99B17.9832,500

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