British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS - Get Free Report) insider Tadeu Marroco sold 31,544 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 3,182 ($41.32), for a total transaction of £1,003,730.08 ($1,303,376.29).
Tadeu Marroco also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Wednesday, March 26th, Tadeu Marroco sold 9,555 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,136 ($40.72), for a total transaction of £299,644.80 ($389,098.56).
- On Wednesday, March 5th, Tadeu Marroco purchased 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 3,074 ($39.92) per share, with a total value of £153.70 ($199.58).
British American Tobacco Price Performance
LON:BATS opened at GBX 3,120 ($40.51) on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of £68.64 billion, a P/E ratio of -5.03, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. The company has a quick ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.63. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a 52 week low of GBX 2,228.78 ($28.94) and a 52 week high of GBX 3,416 ($44.36). The stock's fifty day moving average is GBX 3,144.59 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 2,950.48.
British American Tobacco (LON:BATS - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported GBX 364.30 ($4.73) earnings per share for the quarter. British American Tobacco had a negative net margin of 52.84% and a negative return on equity of 25.94%. Equities analysts expect that British American Tobacco p.l.c. will post 361.5079365 EPS for the current year.
British American Tobacco Increases Dividend
The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 2nd will be issued a GBX 60.06 ($0.78) dividend. This represents a yield of 1.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 2nd. This is an increase from British American Tobacco's previous dividend of $58.88. British American Tobacco's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -38.08%.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a "neutral" rating and set a GBX 2,800 ($36.36) price objective on shares of British American Tobacco in a research note on Thursday, December 12th.
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