British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS - Get Free Report) passed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 2,900.78 ($37.49) and traded as high as GBX 3,171 ($40.98). British American Tobacco shares last traded at GBX 3,157.12 ($40.81), with a volume of 6,926,568 shares trading hands.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated a "neutral" rating and issued a GBX 2,800 ($36.19) target price on shares of British American Tobacco in a research note on Thursday, December 12th.
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British American Tobacco Stock Up 1.7 %
The business has a 50 day moving average of GBX 3,065.20 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 2,906.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.63, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.47. The firm has a market capitalization of £69.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27.
British American Tobacco (LON:BATS - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported GBX 364.30 ($4.71) EPS for the quarter. British American Tobacco had a negative return on equity of 25.94% and a negative net margin of 52.84%. On average, equities analysts anticipate that British American Tobacco p.l.c. will post 361.5079365 EPS for the current year.
British American Tobacco Increases Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Monday, February 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 19th were paid a dividend of GBX 58.88 ($0.76) per share. This is a positive change from British American Tobacco's previous dividend of $57.72. This represents a yield of 2.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 19th. British American Tobacco's dividend payout ratio is currently -38.08%.
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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.
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