British American Tobacco (NYSE:BTI) vs. Ispire Technology (NASDAQ:ISPR) Financial Analysis

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

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for British American Tobacco and Ispire Technology, as provided by MarketBeat.

	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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares British American Tobacco and Ispire Technology’s gross 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	1.94	-$17.87 billion	N/A	N/A
Ispire Technology	$141.32 million	2.16	-$6.10 million	($0.19)	-28.53

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

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.