About the Tobacco Industry
The Tobacco industry includes 11 U.S.-listed companies in the Consumer Staples sector with a combined market capitalization of $571.05B. The largest are Philip Morris International Inc. (PM, $311.74B), British American Tobacco p.l.c. (BTI, $129.43B) and Altria Group, Inc. (MO, $124.25B), together 99% of the industry's value.
6 of the 11 companies with reported earnings are profitable, and their median P/E ratio is 22.1. 6 of 11 pay a dividend, with a median yield of 5.53% among payers.
Over the past year the median stock is down 28.6%, and 3 of 11 are higher than a year ago. Median revenue growth is 4.6% year over year.
Best 1-year performers
Weakest 1-year performers
Highest dividend yields
Profitability
- Profitable companies
- 6 of 11
- Median gross margin
- 56.6%
- Median net profit margin
- 0.7%
- Median return on equity
- -3.4%
Longest dividend growth streak: Universal Corporation (UVV), 40 consecutive years.










