British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Share Price Passes Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average - Should You Sell?

Shares of British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS - Get Free Report) passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,573.54 ($33.41) and traded as high as GBX 2,651 ($34.42). British American Tobacco shares last traded at GBX 2,631 ($34.16), with a volume of 2,132,335 shares.

British American Tobacco Stock Up 1.4 %

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.14, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a current ratio of 0.88. The company has a market cap of £58.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -422.99, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. The business's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 2,794.14 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 2,573.54.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, December 19th will be issued a GBX 58.88 ($0.76) dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 19th. This represents a yield of 2.54%. This is an increase from British American Tobacco's previous dividend of $57.72. British American Tobacco's dividend payout ratio is currently -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.