Better Buy: Verizon Communications vs. Philip Morris International

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) both generate stable earnings growth and pay high dividends. They also have wide moats: Verizon is one of America's top telecom companies, and PMI is one of the world's largest tobacco companies.

Those qualities have traditionally made Verizon and PMI good stocks for conservative investors. But over the past five years, Verizon's stock advanced nearly 30% as PMI's stock stayed nearly flat. Let's see why the telecom company outperformed the cigarette maker, and whether or not that trend will continue in the future.

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