Tadeu Marroco Purchases 48 Shares of British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Stock

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS - Get Free Report) insider Tadeu Marroco purchased 48 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 1st. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 2,716 ($35.36) per share, for a total transaction of £1,303.68 ($1,697.06).

Tadeu Marroco also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, September 4th, Tadeu Marroco bought 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 2,876 ($37.44) per share, for a total transaction of £143.80 ($187.19).
• On Wednesday, August 7th, Tadeu Marroco bought 6 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 2,747 ($35.76) per share, for a total transaction of £164.82 ($214.55).

British American Tobacco Trading Up 0.8 %

LON:BATS traded up GBX 22 ($0.29) on Tuesday, hitting GBX 2,721 ($35.42). The stock had a trading volume of 2,871,815 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,453,999. The company has a quick ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.14. The stock has a market cap of £60.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -437.46, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. The company has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 2,770.60 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 2,599.44. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a 1-year low of GBX 2,228.78 ($29.01) and a 1-year high of GBX 2,994 ($38.97).

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 19th will be issued a GBX 58.88 ($0.77) dividend. This represents a yield of 2.54%. This is a positive change from British American Tobacco's previous dividend of $57.72. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 19th. British American Tobacco's payout ratio is presently -3,794.21%.

About British American Tobacco

British American Tobacco p.l.c. engages in the provision of tobacco and nicotine products to consumers worldwide. It also offers vapour, heated, and modern oral nicotine products; combustible cigarettes; and traditional oral products, such as snus and moist snuff. The company offers its products under the Vuse, glo, Velo, Grizzly, Kodiak, Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Rothmans, Camel, Natural American Spirit, Newport, Vogue, Viceroy, Kool, Peter Stuyvesant, Craven A, State Express 555 and Shuang Xi brands.