British American Tobacco (BATS) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. It also distributes its products to retail outlets. British American Tobacco p.l.c. was founded in 1902 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 2,802.60 to 2,872
• 50-Day Range: 2,631 to 2,984
• 52-Week Range: 2,228.78 to 2,994
• Volume: 3.67 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.38 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £63.36 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 8.23%
• Price Target: GBX 3,237.50
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

British American Tobacco Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

British American Tobacco scored higher than 26% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

British American Tobacco has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

British American Tobacco has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of British American Tobacco is -460.93, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of British American Tobacco is -460.93, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

British American Tobacco has a PEG Ratio of 3.12. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

British American Tobacco has a P/B Ratio of 1.22. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for BATS.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

British American Tobacco is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 8.55%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

British American Tobacco does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Environmental Score: -4.00

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for BATS.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.33

News Sentiment

British American Tobacco has a news sentiment score of 0.33. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Consumer Defensive companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for British American Tobacco this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for BATS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added British American Tobacco to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, British American Tobacco insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £1,724.78 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

10.55% of the stock of British American Tobacco is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

40.65% of the stock of British American Tobacco is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

BATS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have BATS shares performed this year?

British American Tobacco's stock was trading at GBX 2,295.50 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, BATS shares have increased by 24.9% and is now trading at GBX 2,867.
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How do I buy shares of British American Tobacco?

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What other stocks do shareholders of British American Tobacco own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that British American Tobacco investors own include British American Tobacco (BTI), Imperial Brands (IMB), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), Ra International Group (RAI), BP (BP), Meta Platforms (META) and GSK (GSK).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Defensive
• Industry: Tobacco
• Sub-Industry: Tobacco Products
• Current Symbol: LON:BATS
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.bat.com
• Phone: +44-20-78452000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 52,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 3,237.50
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 3,500
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 2,700
• Potential Upside/Downside: +12.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX (6.22)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 7.93
• P/E Growth: 3.12
• Net Income: £-13,880,000,000.00
• Net Margins: -52.84%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -21.50%
• Return on Assets: 5.16%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 74.14
• Current Ratio: 0.88
• Quick Ratio: 0.47

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £26.18 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.42
• Cash Flow: GBX 153.84 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 18.64
• Book Value: GBX 2,358 per share
• Price / Book: 1.22

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,210,000,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £63.36 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.27