Serpil Timuray Acquires 3,275 Shares of British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Stock

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS - Get Free Report) insider Serpil Timuray acquired 3,275 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 4th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 3,200 ($41.88) per share, with a total value of £104,800 ($137,172.77).

British American Tobacco Trading Up 1.8 %

Shares of LON BATS traded up GBX 56.57 ($0.74) during midday trading on Friday, reaching GBX 3,143.57 ($41.15). 11,896,576 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 15,833,284. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 3,139.59 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 2,961.91. 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 company has a market capitalization of £69.16 billion, a P/E ratio of -5.07, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a 52-week low of GBX 2,228.78 ($29.17) and a 52-week high of GBX 3,416 ($44.71).

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported GBX 364.30 ($4.77) earnings per share for the quarter. British American Tobacco had a negative net margin of 52.84% and a negative return on equity of 25.94%. Equities research analysts expect that British American Tobacco p.l.c. will post 361.5079365 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 2nd will be issued a dividend of GBX 60.06 ($0.79) per share. 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. This represents a dividend yield of 1.9%. British American Tobacco's payout ratio is presently -38.08%.

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.