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

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

British American Tobacco Stock Down 1.6 %

BATS traded down GBX 49.25 ($0.63) during trading on Monday, reaching GBX 3,051.75 ($39.34). The stock had a trading volume of 2,147,000,000 shares, compared to its average volume of 47,728,754. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a one year low of GBX 2,228.78 ($28.73) and a one year high of GBX 3,416 ($44.03). The company has a market capitalization of £67.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.92, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.63. The stock’s 50 day moving average is GBX 3,150.67 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 2,953.13.

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported GBX 364.30 ($4.70) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. British American Tobacco had a negative net margin of 52.84% and a negative return on equity of 25.94%. As a group, analysts expect that British American Tobacco p.l.c. will post 361.5079365 earnings per share for the current year.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 2nd will be issued a dividend of GBX 60.06 ($0.77) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 1.9%. This is a positive change from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $58.88. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 2nd. British American Tobacco’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -38.08%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 2,800 ($36.09) price objective on shares of British American Tobacco in a report 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.