British American Tobacco (ADR) (NYSEMKT:BTI)

High margins, valuable brands, can easily raise prices conceiled by increased taxes and their customers are addicts.

Fire Sale!

It''s been consistently outperforming, and recently it's been matching.

cash fountain, low PE, addicted customers

Defensive

Just initiated position in real life portfolio...I also own PM. I don't smoke but I love the business: rather inelastic, great pricing power, cashflow, growth potential around the world as people in developing countries have more disposable income for premium smokes, well run company, been around forever and raising dividends at a high rate. In the last 50 yrs MO has returned over 20% annually....I am hoping PM and BTI can provide similar or better results for my portfolio.

just look at its chart!
great yield
good ROE

Showed up on a screen for solid 5 year growth with low debt, cash on hand and still at attractive P/E ratios.

I see a cup with handle, 3 consecutive quarters of earnings growth (though not accelerated growth) and 3 consecutive years of growth. Britain on the verge of a depression? Tough times could be good for this co. as it pushes its rolling cigarettes as cheaper alternative. Owns Drum brand as well as discount loose tabac.

There is less momentum, less volume, and less buying going on. We are in the last part of this rally.

The 1929-1930 equity rally (coming out of The Great Depression) lasted 147 days and the market was up 46%. It has been the same amount of time since the March, 2009 low and we are up about the same percentage. It’s déjà vu (paramnesia), so prepare for a drop of about the same percentage (85%).

Seeing room for a pop- people still going to smoke no matter what country, what religon, what anything... Tobacco will continue--- It as old as the indians back in early settlings, and as vast as the vikings..

drug dealers make money no matter what

This stock is part of my long term income strategy.

10yield.com

Check out the chart for the last 8 years. This one keeps going up.

international tobacco power house. great dividend track record, great cash flow. buy this one and put it away for about 20 years.

cuban tobacco yum

Owns Cohiba will explode if trade restrictions ever dropped with Cuba. Enclosure movement happening in developing world like in Europe during Industrial revolution / and America during Guilded and Progressive eras. Millions moving to cities, increasing incomes, growing middle classes. 50% of men smoke in China similiar numbers in most of developing world. Fastest growest segment of smokers in China are young women between 18-early twenties, hook them young. Peasants will drop crappy domestic smokes and puff away on good ole American and British tobacco products. The money trains that are MO / ITY / BTI will keep chugging along at steady clip.

Tobacco is on its way out