MO vs. PM, BTI, EL, BUD, DEO, CL, MDLZ, MNST, HSY, and GIS
Should you be buying Altria Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Altria Group include Philip Morris International (PM), British American Tobacco (BTI), 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.
Altria Group vs.
Altria Group (NYSE:MO) and Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
Altria Group currently has a consensus target price of $44.67, suggesting a potential downside of 0.74%. Philip Morris International has a consensus target price of $110.60, suggesting a potential upside of 21.29%. Given Philip Morris International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Philip Morris International is more favorable than Altria Group.
58.7% of Altria Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Philip Morris International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Altria Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Philip Morris International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Altria Group has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Philip Morris International has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Philip Morris International had 2 more articles in the media than Altria Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Philip Morris International and 8 mentions for Altria Group. Philip Morris International's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Altria Group's score of 0.47 indicating that Philip Morris International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Altria Group has a net margin of 22.44% compared to Philip Morris International's net margin of 10.80%. Philip Morris International's return on equity of -128.55% beat Altria Group's return on equity.
Philip Morris International has higher revenue and earnings than Altria Group. Altria Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Philip Morris International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Altria Group received 54 more outperform votes than Philip Morris International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.73% of users gave Altria Group an outperform vote while only 57.65% of users gave Philip Morris International an outperform vote.
Altria Group pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Philip Morris International pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. 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. Philip Morris International pays out 90.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Philip Morris International beats Altria Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MO 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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