British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Stock Price Crosses Above 200 Day Moving Average - Should You Sell?

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS - Get Free Report)'s stock price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,964.29 ($39.41) and traded as high as GBX 3,176 ($42.23). British American Tobacco shares last traded at GBX 3,152.10 ($41.91), with a volume of 4,119,824 shares changing hands.

British American Tobacco Trading Down 0.2 %

The firm has a market capitalization of £69.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.11, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. 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 business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 3,122.94 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 2,974.59.

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported GBX 364.30 ($4.84) EPS for the quarter. British American Tobacco had a negative return on equity of 25.94% and a negative net margin of 52.84%. As a group, equities analysts forecast 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 declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 2nd will be given a dividend of GBX 60.06 ($0.80) per share. This represents a yield of 1.9%. This is a boost from British American Tobacco's previous dividend of $58.88. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 2nd. British American Tobacco's payout ratio is -38.08%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Tadeu Marroco sold 31,544 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,182 ($42.31), for a total transaction of £1,003,730.08 ($1,334,569.98). Also, insider Serpil Timuray acquired 3,275 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, April 4th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 3,200 ($42.55) per share, for a total transaction of £104,800 ($139,343.17). Insiders acquired a total of 3,285 shares of company stock worth $10,511,575 over the last ninety days. 10.55% of the stock is owned by company 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.