Better Stock Buy: Altria vs. British American Tobacco
On the surface, one tobacco company looks just as good as another. They're all working with the same underlying commodity, after all, and they've all been in business long enough to know what their competitors know. Perhaps most importantly, they're all fighting the same smoking-cessation headwind.
Investors weighing a purchase of British American Tobacco (NYSE: BTI) against an investment in Altria Group (NYSE: MO), however, should know there are enough nuanced differences between the two tobacco giants to matter. Altria is the stronger pick of the two, for a handful of reasons.
But first things first.
Source Fool.com
