COMPARE · Reviewed August 1, 2026
BTI vs PG
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BTI scored 51.3, PG scored 52.0 — PG leads.
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Different reporting periods. PG's fundamentals are as of March 2026, but BTI's are as of December 2025 — a 3-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
BTI
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
51.3
$60.65 · $130.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
0.7
PG leads
PG
The Procter & Gamble Company
52
$144.49 · $336.5B
fundamentals as of
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
BTI
stronger →← stronger
PG
70
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
86
42
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
56
53
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
29
PG is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BTI
PG
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FCF
$15.0bA-
-1.0%D+
Rev
+3.3%C+
0.72B
D/E
0.63B+
15.6xA-
P/E
21.8xB
1.60C+
PEG
4.10D
Winner per row is the stronger grade in our model; a tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
BTI
PG
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Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
44% above
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Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
~13%/yr
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1-yr DCF upside
-33%
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5-yr DCF upside
-30%
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10-yr DCF upside
-27%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
BTI
Why this score
- Raising its dividend
- Foreign reporter (GBP)
PG
Why this score
- Durable high returns
The companies
BTIBritish American Tobacco p.l.c.
Why now
Tobacco · market cap $130.8b. 10% off the 52-week high of $67.30. 5 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $68.24 (implying +13% upside).
Moat
Net margin 30% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 16% sits above Buffett's preferred 15% threshold — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. $130.8b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Dividend payout 85% of earnings on a 5.5% yield — distribution coverage is thin; one earnings stumble could force a dividend cut.
PGThe Procter & Gamble Company
Why now
Household & Personal Products · market cap $336.5b. 14% off the 52-week high of $167.25. 23 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $161.00 (implying +11% upside).
Moat
Net margin 19% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 30% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. $336.5b market cap places it among the largest companies in the sector — distribution, R&D, and customer-acquisition costs amortize across a base peers can't replicate.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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