Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. IPAR scored 50.5, BTI scored 50.3 — IPAR leads.
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Different reporting periods. IPAR's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but BTI's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
IPAR
Interparfums, Inc.
Household & Personal Products · Quality-Growth
50.5
$112.21 · $3.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
0.2
IPAR leads
BTI
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
Tobacco · Quality-Growth
50.3
$55.50 · $119.4B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestBTI14.2x
Fastest growthIPAR+2.5%
Strongest balance sheetIPAR0.15
Highest qualityIPAR88 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueBTI-1%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
IPAR
stronger →← stronger
BTI
88
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
74
39
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
28
38
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
71
IPAR is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
IPAR
BTI
$243mC
FCF
$8.9bB+
+2.5%C
Rev
-1.0%D+
0.15A-
D/E
0.72B
21.4xB
P/E
14.2xA-
—
PEG
1.40B
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
IPAR
BTI
17% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
1% below
~7%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~1%/yr
-13%
1-yr DCF upside
+6%
-15%
5-yr DCF upside
+1%
-16%
10-yr DCF upside
-6%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
IPAR
Why this score
Durable high returns
BTI
Why this score
Raising its dividend
Foreign reporter (GBP)
The companies
IPARInterparfums, Inc.
Household & Personal Products · $112.21 · beta 1.18
Why now
Household & Personal Products · market cap $3.6b. 13% off the 52-week high of $129.29. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $126.50 (implying +13% upside).
Moat
ROE 19% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 145% of net income, helped by cash released from working capital ($27m, chiefly inventory sold down) that doesn't repeat every year.
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.
BTIBritish American Tobacco p.l.c.
Tobacco · $55.50 · beta 0.10
Why now
Tobacco · market cap $119.4b. 18% off the 52-week high of $67.30. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $70.43 (implying +27% upside).
Moat
Net margin 30% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 16% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 106% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Dividend payout 84% of earnings on a 6.0% yield — distribution coverage is thin; one earnings stumble could force a dividend cut.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where IPAR and BTI diverge
The two are effectively level on the headline score. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueIPAR 38.1 · BTI 71.0BTI +32.9
QualityIPAR 87.8 · BTI 74.1IPAR +13.7
GrowthIPAR 38.6 · BTI 28.2IPAR +10.4
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is IPAR or BTI the better stock?
IPAR scores higher: IPAR 50.5, BTI 50.3 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do IPAR and BTI differ most?
The widest gap is value, where BTI leads by 33 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are IPAR and BTI scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.