British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS - Get Free Report) insider Serpil Timuray acquired 3,275 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 4th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 3,200 ($40.73) per share, with a total value of £104,800 ($133,401.22).
British American Tobacco Stock Down 1.6 %
British American Tobacco stock opened at GBX 3,051.75 ($38.85) on Tuesday. The business's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 3,148.97 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 2,953.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.63, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a current ratio of 0.88. The company has a market cap of £67.14 billion, a PE ratio of -4.92, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a fifty-two week low of GBX 2,228.78 ($28.37) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 3,416 ($43.48).
British American Tobacco (LON:BATS - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported GBX 364.30 ($4.64) EPS for the quarter. British American Tobacco had a negative return on equity of 25.94% and a negative net margin of 52.84%. Equities analysts anticipate that British American Tobacco p.l.c. will post 361.5079365 EPS for the current year.
British American Tobacco Increases Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 2nd will be issued a GBX 60.06 ($0.76) dividend. This is an increase from British American Tobacco's previous dividend of $58.88. This represents a dividend yield of 1.9%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 2nd. British American Tobacco's dividend payout ratio is -38.08%.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a "neutral" rating and set a GBX 2,800 ($35.64) target price on shares of British American Tobacco in a research report on Thursday, December 12th.
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BAT is transforming and is well positioned with a global footprint and multi-category portfolio.
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