BTI vs Peers Stock Comparison

British American Tobacco p.l.c Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Percentile Scorecard

BTI

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBTI
Valuation –
Growth –
Profitability –
Financial Health 33 #11 of 16
Shareholder Returns –
Overall –
  • BTI ranked among 17 companies in Tobacco and Cannabis

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBTISPY
1 month +8.1% -0.8%
3 months -1.2% +3.5%
6 months +4.9% +7.0%
Year to date +6.2% +12.2%
1 year +15.5% +13.0%
3 years +107.5% +86.3%
3 years, per year +27.6% +23.1%
5 years +67.9% +68.6%
5 years, per year +10.9% +11.0%
10 years +7.8% +258.0%
10 years, per year +0.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBTISPY
Volatility, 1Y 26.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 24.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.13 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.59 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -39.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -9.9% -1.8%
52-week high $66.70 $779.14
52-week low $51.19 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBTI
P/E now vs peer median —median 29.2x
P/S now vs peer median —median 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 25.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 34.2x
P/B now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.78

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBTI
Cash & equivalents $3.34B
Total debt $198.75B
Shares (diluted) 2.20B
Enterprise value $115.68B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBTI
P/E –
P/FCF –
P/Operating cash flow –
P/S –
P/B 2.3x
P/Tangible book 2.3x
EV/EBITDA –
EV/EBIT –
EV/Revenue –
EV/FCF –
EV/Operating cash flow –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBTI
Revenue growth (1Y) –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) –
Gross profit growth (1Y) –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) –
Operating income growth (1Y) –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) –
Net income growth (1Y) –
Net income CAGR (3Y) –
EPS growth (1Y) –
EPS CAGR (3Y) –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBTI
Gross margin –
EBITDA margin –
Operating margin –
Pretax margin –
Net margin –
FCF margin –
Operating cash flow margin –
Return on equity –
Return on assets –
Return on invested capital –
Return on capital employed –
Asset turnover –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) –
Stock comp / revenue –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBTI
Debt / assets 32.3%
Debt / equity 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA –
Debt / FCF –
Liabilities / assets 57.1%
Equity / assets 42.9%
Interest coverage –
Current ratio 0.8x
Quick ratio 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.2x
Altman Z-score –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBTI
Dividend yield 5.4%
Net buyback yield –
Shareholder yield 5.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBTI
Forward P/E 13.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.57FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -5.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +18.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $32.96BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -8.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +12.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBTI
Held by institutions 15.0%
Institutions holding 906
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.7%
Institutions buying 488
Institutions selling 264
Buyers to sellers 1.85

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.