British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS - Get Free Report) insider Tadeu Marroco sold 31,544 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,182 ($41.02), for a total value of £1,003,730.08 ($1,293,800.05).
Tadeu Marroco also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Wednesday, March 26th, Tadeu Marroco sold 9,555 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,136 ($40.42), for a total transaction of £299,644.80 ($386,239.75).
- On Wednesday, March 5th, Tadeu Marroco acquired 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 3,074 ($39.62) per share, for a total transaction of £153.70 ($198.12).
British American Tobacco Stock Down 1.6 %
Shares of BATS traded down GBX 49.25 ($0.63) during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching GBX 3,051.75 ($39.34). The company 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 52 week low of GBX 2,228.78 ($28.73) and a 52 week high of GBX 3,416 ($44.03). 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 company has a market capitalization of £67.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 3,150.67 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 2,953.13.
British American Tobacco (LON:BATS - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported GBX 364.30 ($4.70) 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, sell-side analysts forecast that British American Tobacco p.l.c. will post 361.5079365 EPS for the current year.
British American Tobacco Increases Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 2nd will be paid a GBX 60.06 ($0.77) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 1.9%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 2nd. This is a boost from British American Tobacco's previous dividend of $58.88. British American Tobacco's dividend payout ratio is -38.08%.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated a "neutral" rating and issued a GBX 2,800 ($36.09) target price on shares of British American Tobacco in a research note on Thursday, December 12th.
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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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