British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Insider Serpil Timuray Buys 3,275 Shares

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Serpil Timuray purchased 3,275 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, April 4th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 3,200 ($41.25) per share, with a total value of £104,800 ($135,086.36).

British American Tobacco Trading Down 1.6 %

LON:BATS traded down GBX 49.25 ($0.63) during midday trading on Monday, reaching GBX 3,051.75 ($39.34). 2,147,000,000 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 47,728,754. The stock has a market capitalization of £67.14 billion, a P/E ratio of -4.92, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a 12 month low of GBX 2,228.78 ($28.73) and a 12 month high of GBX 3,416 ($44.03). 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 fifty day moving average of GBX 3,150.67 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 2,953.13.

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported GBX 364.30 ($4.70) EPS for the quarter. British American Tobacco had a negative net margin of 52.84% and a negative return on equity of 25.94%. On average, research analysts predict 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. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 2nd will be issued a GBX 60.06 ($0.77) dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 2nd. This represents a yield of 1.9%. This is a boost from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $58.88. British American Tobacco’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -38.08%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 2,800 ($36.09) target price on shares of British American Tobacco in a research note on Thursday, December 12th.

British American Tobacco Company Profile

BAT was founded in 1902 and was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1912. A constituent of the FTSE 100 since its creation in 1984, we have evolved, becoming the only truly global company in our sector.

BAT is transforming and is well positioned with a global footprint and multi-category portfolio.