Report
Philip Gorham, CFA, FRM
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Adding Wide-Moat Imperial Brands to Best Ideas as Market Overlooks Competitive Advantages

We are adding wide-moat Imperial Brands to our Best Ideas list because we think the valuation multiple discount to competitors has become too large to ignore. Investors are quite rightly focused on the emergence of heated tobacco, but are underestimating the power of Imperial's wide economic moat, as its competitive advantages of brand equity and in the supply chain should allow it to enter the heated tobacco category if it takes off in core geographies. We are also removing Danone from the list...
Underlying
Danone SA

Danone is engaged in activities in the global food and beverages industry. Co. operates in four markets: Fresh Dairy Products (Co. produces and sells yogurts, fermented dairy products and other fresh dairy products); Waters (Co. produces and sells natural waters as well as flavored and vitamin-enriched waters products); Early Life Nutrition (Co. produces baby formula, milk-and fruit-based desserts, cereals, small pots of baby food and ready-made baby food); and Medical Nutrition (Co. develops adult and pediatric clinical nutrition products to be taken orally, or through a catheter in the event of malnutrition related to illness or other causes).

Provider
Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

Analysts
Philip Gorham, CFA, FRM

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