The stock market has switched gears in 2025. Growth stocks that were crushing it in 2023 and 2024 have gone south, while steady value stocks with dividend payments have outperformed the broad market indices. British American Tobacco (BTI -0.51%) is up 17% year to date in U.S. dollar terms, which shows the resiliency of cheap value stocks in times of market volatility.Even with these gains, British American Tobacco sports a dividend that yields 7%, which is much higher than the market average. And this divid ...