MO vs. BTI, DEO, MNST, EL, MDLZ, STZ, KHC, KMB, KDP, and BUD
Should you be buying Altria Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Altria Group include British American Tobacco (BTI), Diageo (DEO), Monster Beverage (MNST), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Mondelez International (MDLZ), Constellation Brands (STZ), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), and Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Altria Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than British American Tobacco.
Altria Group presently has a consensus target price of $46.90, indicating a potential upside of 9.27%. Given Altria Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Altria Group is more favorable than British American Tobacco.
In the previous week, Altria Group had 18 more articles in the media than British American Tobacco. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Altria Group and 5 mentions for British American Tobacco. British American Tobacco's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Altria Group's score of 0.84 indicating that British American Tobacco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Altria Group has a net margin of 33.21% 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.
57.4% of Altria Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.4% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Altria Group pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. British American Tobacco pays an annual dividend of $2.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. Altria Group pays out 85.8% 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 received 533 more outperform votes than British American Tobacco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.26% of users gave Altria Group an outperform vote while only 64.73% of users gave British American Tobacco an outperform vote.
Altria Group has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, British American Tobacco has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Altria Group beats British American Tobacco on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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