Altria Group (NYSE:MO – Get Rating) and Hempacco (NASDAQ:HPCO – Get Rating) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Altria Group and Hempacco, as reported by MarketBeat.

Altria Group presently has a consensus target price of $47.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.33%. Given Altria Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Altria Group is more favorable than Hempacco.

Valuation and Earnings

Altria Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hempacco.

Profitability

This table compares Altria Group and Hempacco's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

59.8% of Altria Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Altria Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Altria Group beats Hempacco on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Altria Group

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Altria Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells smokeable and oral tobacco products in the United States. The company provides cigarettes primarily under the Marlboro brand; cigars and pipe tobacco principally under the Black & Mild brand; and moist smokeless tobacco products under the Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, and Husky brands, as well as provides on! oral nicotine pouches. It sells its tobacco products primarily to wholesalers, including distributors; and large retail organizations, such as chain stores. Altria Group, Inc. was founded in 1822 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

About Hempacco

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Hempacco Co., Inc. manufactures and sells smokable hemp and herb products in California. It offers The Real Stuff hemp smokables. The company was formerly known as The Hempacco Co., Inc. and changed its name to Hempacco Co., Inc. in May 2021. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in San Diego, California. Hempacco Co., Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Green Globe International, Inc.

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