BTI vs. MO, PM, CL, DEO, MNST, EL, STZ, KDP, KMB, and KHC
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), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Diageo (DEO), Monster Beverage (MNST), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Constellation Brands (STZ), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), and Kraft Heinz (KHC). 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 better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
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 64.60% of users gave British American Tobacco an outperform vote.
Altria Group pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. British American Tobacco pays an annual dividend of $2.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Altria Group pays out 82.0% 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 increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years and British American Tobacco has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Altria Group had 17 more articles in the media than British American Tobacco. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Altria Group and 13 mentions for British American Tobacco. Altria Group's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat British American Tobacco's score of 0.63 indicating that British American Tobacco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of British American Tobacco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Altria Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than British American Tobacco.
Altria Group presently has a consensus price target of $46.90, indicating a potential upside of 2.07%. Given British American Tobacco's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Altria Group is more favorable than British American Tobacco.
Altria Group has a net margin of 34.81% compared to Altria Group's net margin of 0.00%. Altria Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat British American Tobacco's return on equity.
Altria Group has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, British American Tobacco has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Altria Group beats British American Tobacco on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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