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The Best Tobacco Dividend Stocks – An Overview

Best Yielding Cigarettes Companies Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Today we look at the consumer goods sector with a total market capitalization of USD 621 trillion. The average stock from the sector has a P/E ratio of 23.72 and yields at 1.79 percent. One of the highest yielding industries within the sector we like to review is the cigarettes industry. The whole industry includes only six companies of which all yield over three percent.

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Altria Group (NYSE:MO) has a market capitalization of $71.58 billion. The company employs 9,900 people, generates revenue of $23,800.00 million and has a net income of $3,393.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $6,321.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 26.56 percent (operating margin 25.50 percent and net profit margin 14.26 percent). 

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 37.04 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 371.98 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 76.13 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.16. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.58 in form of dividends to shareholders. 

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.26, P/S ratio 3.01 and P/B ratio 19.56. Dividend Yield: 4.66 percent. The beta ratio is 0.40.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Altria Group (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividends History of Altria Group (MO) (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Altria Group (NYSE: MO) (Click to enlarge)

British American Tobacco (NYSEAMEX:BTI) has a market capitalization of $105.64 billion. The company employs 87,813 people, generates revenue of $24,160.98 million and has a net income of $5,295.36 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $8,218.40 million. The EBITDA margin is 34.02 percent (operating margin 30.48 percent and net profit margin 21.92 percent). 

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 37.89 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 125.82 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 35.63 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.03. Last fiscal year, the company paid $3.97 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 21.54, P/S ratio 4.37 and P/B ratio 8.37. Dividend Yield: 3.84 percent. The beta ratio is 0.62.
Long-Term Stock History Chart Of British American Tobacco (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividends History of British American Tobacco (BTI) (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of British American Tobacco (NYSEAMEX: BTI) (Click to enlarge)

Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM) has a market capitalization of $155.81 billion. The company employs 78,100 people, generates revenue of $76,346.00 million and has a net income of $8,879.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $14,325.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 18.76 percent (operating margin 17.46 percent and net profit margin 11.63 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 52.26 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 8,098.25 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 457.40 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.04. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.82 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.35, P/S ratio 2.04 and P/B ratio 694.96. Dividend Yield: 3.34 percent. The beta ratio is 0.86.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Philip Morris International (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividends History of Philip Morris International (PM) (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) (Click to enlarge)


Take a closer look at the full table of the best yielding tobacco stocks. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 25.77 and forward P/E ratio is 14.68. The dividend yield has a value of 5.24 percent. Price to book ratio is 10.19 and price to sales ratio 2.69. The operating margin amounts to 24.62 percent and the beta ratio is 0.55.

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):

The Best Tobacco Dividend Stocks (Click to enlarge)

Related stock ticker symbols:
VGR, RAI, LO, MO, BTI, PM

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