COMPARE · Data as of August 21, 2026
BTI vs IPAR
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BTI scored 51.5, IPAR scored 54.9 — 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.
BTI
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
51.5
$56.21 · $121.1B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
3.4
IPAR leads
IPAR
Interparfums, Inc.
54.9
$115.60 · $3.7B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- CheapestBTI14.2x
- Fastest growthIPAR+2.9%
- Strongest balance sheetIPAR0.15
- Highest qualityIPAR89 / 100
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)
BTI
stronger →← stronger
IPAR
70
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
89
42
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
41
54
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
46
BTI is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BTI
IPAR
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FCF
$246mC
-1.0%D+
Rev
+2.9%C
0.72B
D/E
0.15A-
14.2xA-
P/E
22.1xB
1.48B
PEG
3.20D
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
BTI
IPAR
—
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
6% above
—
Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
~6%/yr
—
1-yr DCF upside
-9%
—
5-yr DCF upside
-5%
—
10-yr DCF upside
+1%
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)
IPAR
Why this score
- Durable high returns
The companies
BTIBritish American Tobacco p.l.c.
Why now
Tobacco · market cap $121.1b. 16% off the 52-week high of $67.30. 6 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $70.20 (implying +25% 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. $121.1b 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 6.0% yield — distribution coverage is thin; one earnings stumble could force a dividend cut.
IPARInterparfums, Inc.
Why now
Household & Personal Products · market cap $3.7b. 11% off the 52-week high of $129.29. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $126.67 (implying +10% upside).
Moat
Net margin 14% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 24% sits above Buffett's preferred 15% threshold — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 119% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash, a sign that working capital and capex are well-disciplined.
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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Where BTI and IPAR diverge
On the headline score the gap is 3.4 points in favor of IPAR. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
- QualityBTI 70.2 · IPAR 89.2IPAR +19.0
- ValueBTI 54.4 · IPAR 45.5BTI +8.9
- GrowthBTI 41.7 · IPAR 40.8level
Pillars run 0–100 against sector peers, so a 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.