British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Stock Price Passes Above 200 Day Moving Average of $2,516.81

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS - Get Free Report)'s share price crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,516.81 ($33.25) and traded as high as GBX 2,899.40 ($38.30). British American Tobacco shares last traded at GBX 2,868 ($37.89), with a volume of 3,082,224 shares traded.

British American Tobacco Stock Down 1.5 %

The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.14. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 2,762.10 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 2,520.14. The company has a market capitalization of £62.43 billion, a PE ratio of -454.18, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 19th will be paid a GBX 58.88 ($0.78) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 2.54%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 19th. This is a boost from British American Tobacco's previous dividend of $57.72. British American Tobacco's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -3,794.21%.

British American Tobacco Company Profile

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.