Imperial Brands (IMB) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Imperial Brands PLC, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, imports, markets, and sells tobacco and tobacco-related products in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. It offers a range of cigarettes, tobacco accessories, vapour, heated tobacco, and oral nicotine. The company sells its products under various brands, including JPS, Davidoff, Gauloises, West, Winston, Kool, Lambert & Butler, Fortuna, Nobel, News, Backwoods, Champion, Golden Virginia, Rizla, Blu, Pulze, Skruf, and Zone X. In addition, it engages in the distribution of tobacco and NGP products for tobacco and NGP product manufacturers; and various non-tobacco and NGP products and services. Further, the company is involved in the management of a golf course; distribution of pharmaceuticals, POS software, and published materials and other products; printing and publishing activities; and provision of long haul transportation, industrial parcel and express delivery, pharmaceutical products logistics, advertising, payment, and support management services, as well as owns the trademarks; and retails its products. Additionally, it engages in distribution of books; waste management, leaf processing related activities. Furthermore, the company is involved in research and development of e-vapour products. The company was formerly known as Imperial Tobacco Group PLC and changed its name to Imperial Brands PLC in February 2016. Imperial Brands PLC was founded in 1636 and is based in Bristol, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 2,559 to 2,588.10
• 50-Day Range: 2,236 to 2,613
• 52-Week Range: 1,662 to 2,636
• Volume: 1.05 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.77 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £21.64 billion
• P/E Ratio: 1,115.22
• Dividend Yield: 5.96%
• Price Target: GBX 2,205
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Imperial Brands Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Imperial Brands scored higher than 11% 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: 1.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Imperial Brands has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Imperial Brands 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 Imperial Brands is 1,115.22, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 112.48.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Imperial Brands is 1,115.22, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Defensive sector average P/E ratio of about 211.54.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Imperial Brands has a PEG Ratio of 16.51. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Imperial Brands has a P/B Ratio of 5.02. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued 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 IMB.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Imperial Brands is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.78%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Imperial Brands does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Imperial Brands is 6,652.17%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Environmental Score: -3.34

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for IMB.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.15

News Sentiment

Imperial Brands has a news sentiment score of 0.15. 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 is a lower news sentiment than the 0.40 average news sentiment score of Consumer Defensive companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Imperial Brands this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Imperial Brands to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Imperial Brands insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £173,609.85 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 7.33% of the stock of Imperial Brands is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

67.95% of the stock of Imperial Brands is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

IMB Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have IMB shares performed this year?

Imperial Brands' stock was trading at GBX 1,806.50 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, IMB stock has increased by 42.0% and is now trading at GBX 2,565.
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How were Imperial Brands' earnings last quarter?

Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) released its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 19th. The company reported $103.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $102.60 by $0.40. Imperial Brands had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 39.00% and a net margin of 11.44%.

How do I buy shares of Imperial Brands?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Imperial Brands own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Imperial Brands investors own include Smith & Nephew (SN), British American Tobacco (BATS), GSK (GSK), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Tesco (TSCO), Vodafone Group Public (VOD) and BP (BP).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/19/2020
• Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend: 8/22/2024
• Dividend Payable: 9/30/2024
• Today: 12/23/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Defensive
• Industry: Tobacco
• Sub-Industry: Tobacco Products
• Current Symbol: LON:IMB
• Previous Symbol: LON:IMT
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.imperialbrandsplc.com
• Phone: +44-117-9636636
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 25,200
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 2,205
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 2,600
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 1,810
• Potential Upside/Downside: -14.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 2.30
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 1,121.30
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.46
• P/E Growth: 16.51
• Net Income: £2.08 billion
• Net Margins: 11.44%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 39.00%
• Return on Assets: 6.92%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 217.64
• Current Ratio: 0.64
• Quick Ratio: 0.41

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £18.18 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.20
• Cash Flow: GBX 244.08 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.57
• Book Value: GBX 511 per share
• Price / Book: 5.05

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 843,530,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £21.75 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.42