BTI vs. KO: British American Tobacco vs. Coca-Cola Stock Comparison

Company Profile

British American Tobacco (BTI) and Coca-Cola (KO) both fall under the Food, Beverage & Tobacco industry group, but BTI is classified in Tobacco while KO is classified in Beverages.

Coca-Cola (KO) trades as ordinary local shares, while British American Tobacco (BTI) trades as an ADR — compare with FX exposure, depositary-program fees, and dividend-withholding-tax differences in mind.

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Profitability

Coca-Cola (KO) at 43.37% clears its industry range for ROE, a sharper capital-efficiency signal than British American Tobacco (BTI) at 15.82%, which is closer to a typical peer reading.

British American Tobacco (BTI) at 30.32% keeps the most of each sales dollar — above its industry’s net margin range — and Coca-Cola (KO) at 27.80% also retains a top-quartile share.

Both British American Tobacco (BTI) at 34.58% and Coca-Cola (KO) at 35.06% convert sales into operating profit at a top-quartile rate, pointing to tighter cost discipline before financing and tax.

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Financial Strength

Coca-Cola (KO) at 1.36 keeps current ratio within its industry’s typical mid-range, while British American Tobacco (BTI) at 0.87 runs in the tighter-liquidity quartile — a thinner cushion against current liabilities for BTI.

British American Tobacco (BTI) at 0.73 carries an industry-typical debt-to-equity mix, while Coca-Cola (KO) at 1.25 uses more debt funding than most peers.

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Dividends

Both British American Tobacco (BTI) at 3.91% and Coca-Cola (KO) at 2.49% pay solid, industry-typical yields, sitting squarely within their peers’ usual range.

Both British American Tobacco (BTI) at 68.73% and Coca-Cola (KO) at 64.78% keep payout ratio within their industries’ typical mid-ranges — dividend policies that share earnings without consuming too much of them.

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Valuation

Both British American Tobacco (BTI) at 13.40 and Coca-Cola (KO) at 25.56 land around their industries’ usual P/E ratio levels — neither is getting a clear earnings-multiple discount or premium versus peers.

Both look expensive on sales: British American Tobacco (BTI) at 5.21 sits in the upper P/S ratio quartile, and Coca-Cola (KO) at 7.09 prices even higher, above its industry range.

Measured against book value, both British American Tobacco (BTI) at 11.04 and Coca-Cola (KO) at 10.40 look expensive — each P/B ratio sits above its industry’s benchmark range.

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