Where Will British American Tobacco Be in 1 Year?

British American Tobacco (NYSE: BTI) is a consumer staples stock, but it is probably one of the riskiest consumer staples stocks you can buy. That's highlighted by its dividend yield, which at around 8.2% is more than three times larger than the yield of the average consumer staples stock. There's a very high probability that the dividend will be paid just as it has in the past over the next year. But that doesn't mean that British American Tobacco's business isn't becoming increasingly risky.The first thing that investors need to recognize is that cigarettes are the core of British American Tobacco's business. A little math with the company's first half 2024 results will prove this out (as a foreign company it only reports semi-annually). Its combustibles division makes up roughly 80% of revenues. Within combustibles, cigarettes account for nearly 98% of the company's volume. So something very close to 80% of the company's business is driven by cigarettes.Image source: Getty Images.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool