Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (OTCMKTS:IMBBY) Short Interest Update

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (OTCMKTS:IMBBY) was the target of a large decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 14,507 shares, a decrease of 91.9% from the July 15th total of 179,755 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 533,183 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.0 days.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. BTIG Research assumed coverage on Imperial Tobacco Group in a report on Wednesday, July 22nd. They issued a “neutral” rating for the company. UBS Group downgraded Imperial Tobacco Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 15th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold”.

Imperial Tobacco Group Stock Down 0.8%

IMBBY stock opened at $35.35 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.88, a quick ratio of 0.31 and a current ratio of 0.70. Imperial Tobacco Group has a 52-week low of $35.31 and a 52-week high of $45.60. The company has a 50-day moving average of $37.23 and a two-hundred day moving average of $39.57.

Imperial Tobacco Group Company Profile

Imperial Tobacco Group, historically established in the United Kingdom in 1901 and now operating under the Imperial Brands name, is a multinational tobacco and nicotine company headquartered in Bristol, England. The company’s core business is the manufacture, marketing and sale of tobacco products and alternative nicotine offerings to adult consumers. It supplies products through a combination of owned channels and third-party distributors and focuses on managing an international portfolio of consumer tobacco and nicotine brands.

Product categories include manufactured cigarettes, cigars and fine-cut tobacco for roll-your-own use, together with a growing range of next-generation nicotine products such as vaping devices, heated tobacco and non-combustible nicotine formats that reflect a strategic shift toward reduced-risk alternatives.