British American Tobacco Plc ADR (BTI) is slightly undervalued and Altria Group Inc (MO) is overvalued.
Against our estimates of intrinsic value, BTI trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +13%, against -33% for MO.
Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.
Discounting its cash flows at 6.9% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $63.90; the price of $55.75 is 13% below that value, and 83% of that value comes from beyond year five.
Leak Score 65/100 on 3 of 12 signals
Discounting its cash flows at 7.6% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $51.57; the price of $68.64 is 33% above that value, and 80% of that value comes from beyond year five.
Leak Score 54/100 on 8 of 12 signals
| Metric | BTI | MO |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Slightly undervalued | Overvalued |
| Price | $55.75 | $68.64 |
| Intrinsic value | $63.90 | $51.57 |
| Margin of safety | +13% | -33% |
| Leak Score | 65/100 (3/12) | 54/100 (8/12) |
| Market cap | $120.0B | $114.6B |
| Revenue growth, 5 years | 0.5% | -0.7% |
| Operating margin | 37.9% | 71.6% |
| Net margin | 24.6% | 38.9% |
| Return on equity | 13.3% | — |
| Debt to equity | 0.72 | — |
| P/E | 14.3x | 14.4x |
| Forward P/E | 10.7x | 11.7x |
| P/B | 1.9x | — |
| Dividend yield | 6.1% | 6.3% |