Comparing British American Tobacco (NYSE:BTI) and Ispire Technology (NASDAQ:ISPR)

British American Tobacco (NYSE:BTI) and Ispire Technology (NASDAQ:ISPR) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings and dividends.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares British American Tobacco and Ispire Technology’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
British American Tobacco	$33.94 billion	1.92	-$17.87 billion	N/A	N/A
Ispire Technology	$115.61 million	2.54	-$6.10 million	($0.19)	-27.42

Ispire Technology has lower revenue, but higher earnings than British American Tobacco.

Profitability

This table compares British American Tobacco and Ispire Technology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
British American Tobacco	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ispire Technology	-7.14%	-32.56%	-9.47%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

21.4% of British American Tobacco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.0% of Ispire Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of British American Tobacco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for British American Tobacco and Ispire Technology, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
British American Tobacco	0	1	2	0	2.67
Ispire Technology	0	0	0	0	N/A

Summary

British American Tobacco beats Ispire Technology on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About British American Tobacco

British American Tobacco p.l.c. engages in the provision of tobacco and nicotine products to consumers worldwide. It also offers vapour, heated, and modern oral nicotine products; combustible cigarettes; and traditional oral products, such as snus and moist snuff. The company offers its products under the Vuse, glo, Velo, Grizzly, Kodiak, Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Rothmans, Camel, Natural American Spirit, Newport, Vogue, Viceroy, Kool, Peter Stuyvesant, Craven A, State Express 555 and Shuang Xi brands. It also distributes its products to retail outlets. British American Tobacco p.l.c. was founded in 1902 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

About Ispire Technology

Ispire Technology Inc. researches, develops, designs, commercializes, sales, markets, and distributes e-cigarettes and cannabis vaping products worldwide. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Los Angeles, California. Ispire Technology Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Pride Worldwide Investment Limited.