British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Stock Rated “Moderate Buy” by Sell-Side Brokerages

Shares of British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) have been given a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the six analysts that are covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price target among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 4,875.

Several analysts recently weighed in on the company. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price objective on British American Tobacco from GBX 5,500 to GBX 5,600 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 1st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 5,100 target price on shares of British American Tobacco in a research report on Thursday, October 1st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on shares of British American Tobacco from GBX 3,600 to GBX 3,800 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 11th.

British American Tobacco Stock Performance

British American Tobacco stock opened at GBX 3,979 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 72.48, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a current ratio of 0.84. The company has a market capitalization of £85.69 billion, a PE ratio of 13.68, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.11. The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 4,215.35 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 4,394.14. British American Tobacco has a fifty-two week low of GBX 3,677 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 5,368.

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 30th. The company reported GBX 203.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. British American Tobacco had a return on equity of 13.38% and a net margin of 24.99%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that British American Tobacco will post 361.5079365 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Matthew Wright bought 5,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 3rd. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 4,500 per share, with a total value of £247,500. Also, insider Tadeu Marroco purchased 377 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 17th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 4,214 per share, for a total transaction of £15,886.78. Insiders purchased 5,884 shares of company stock valued at $26,368,612 in the last three months. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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. Our corporate purpose is to build A Better Tomorrow™, reducing the health impact of our business, by offering adult consumers a greater choice of enjoyable and less risky*† products compared to cigarettes.