British American Tobacco Plc (NYSE:BTI) is a $66.3 billion in market value component of the Tobacco GICS industry group where currently BTI is ranked 1 among the 8 companies in this industry group by Portfolio Grader. BTI is ranked in the top quartile of the sector with a ranking of 25 among the 174 companies in the sector and number 687 in the 5000 company Portfolio Grader company universe.

BTI is rated as a Buy using the stock evaluator from Portfolio Grader, which incorporates Louis Navellier's investing methodology. This represents no change from the previous week and is the same ranking BTI has had from Portfolio Grader for the last month.

Currently, Portfolio Grader ranks the Consumer Staples sector number 9 among the 12 sectors in its universe putting it in the bottom quartile of all the GICS sectors. The Tobacco industry group is ranked 13 among the 69 industry groups within the GICS sectors, placing it above-average in terms of the Navellier scoring system.

British American Tobacco has received above-average scores in 0 of the 8 fundamental areas evaluated by Portfolio Grader and average or below-average grades in 8 of the areas used in the ranking of company stocks.

BTI's operational scores are below the industry norms for sales growth, operating margin, and earnings growth. Scores for visibility of earnings are worse than the industry norms for earnings revisions, earnings surprises, and earnings momentum. BTI's scores for return on equity and cash flow are worse than its industry group average. These fundamental scores give British American Tobacco a position in the top half of the industry group.

Portfolio Grader uses the Navellier Proprietary Quantitative Score to view BTI's shares from the aspect of risk/reward. This proprietary scoring system takes into account the relative value of the company's shares based on the current price of the shares relative to its peers, the market and risk associated with its industry and sector groups. Using this risk/reward calculation, BTI currently scores well above-average in its industry group compared to its peers.

Louis Navellier's proprietary Portfolio Grader stock ranking system assesses roughly 5,000 companies every week based on a number of fundamental and quantitative measures. Stocks are given a letter grade based on their results, with A being 'strong buy' and F being 'strong sell'. Explore the tool here.

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