Reviewing Ispire Technology (NASDAQ:ISPR) & British American Tobacco (NYSE:BTI)

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

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ispire Technology	0	0	0	0	N/A
British American Tobacco	0	1	2	0	2.67

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Ispire Technology and British American Tobacco’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ispire Technology	$115.61 million	2.50	-$6.10 million	($0.19)	-27.00
British American Tobacco	$27.28 billion	2.42	-$17.87 billion	N/A	N/A

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

5.0% of Ispire Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.4% of British American Tobacco 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Ispire Technology and British American Tobacco’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ispire Technology	-7.14%	-32.56%	-9.47%
British American Tobacco	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

British American Tobacco beats Ispire Technology on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.