LON:BATS British American Tobacco (BATS) Share Price, News & Analysis GBX 2,969 +46.00 (+1.57%) (As of 11/22/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesSustainability About British American Tobacco Stock (LON:BATS) 30 days 90 days 365 days Advanced Chart View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart Get BATS alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range 2,928▼ 2,96950-Day Range 2,631▼ 2,98452-Week Range 2,228.78▼ 2,994Volume2.02 million shsAverage Volume5.36 million shsMarket Capitalization£65.61 billionP/E RatioN/ADividend Yield7.95%Price TargetGBX 3,237.50Consensus RatingModerate Buy Company OverviewBritish 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.Read More… 50-year Wall Street legend: “Sell this tech stock NOW” (Ad)Something very strange is happening to U.S. stocks following President Trump's victory... And this could spell disaster for some of America's favorite tech companies. You can watch for it for free, right here. British American Tobacco Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top Rated MarketRank™ Stocks14th Percentile Overall ScoreBATS MarketRank™: British American Tobacco scored higher than 14% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion1.3 / 5Analyst RatingModerate Buy Consensus RatingBritish 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 CoverageBritish American Tobacco has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.Read more about British American Tobacco's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation0.0 / 5Proj. Earnings GrowthN/A Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of British American Tobacco is -477.33, 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. SectorThe P/E ratio of British American Tobacco is -477.33, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.Price to Earnings Growth RatioBritish 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 RatioBritish American Tobacco has a P/B Ratio of 1.26. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Short InterestN/AShort Interest LevelN/A Short InterestThere is no current short interest data available for BATS. Dividend1.7 / 5Dividend StrengthWeak Dividend LeadershipBritish 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 GrowthBritish American Tobacco does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Read more about British American Tobacco's dividend. Sustainability and ESG0.0 / 5Environmental Score-4.00 Short InterestThere is no current short interest data available for BATS. News and Social Media2.0 / 5News SentimentN/A News SentimentBritish American Tobacco has a news sentiment score of 0.61. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.47 average news sentiment score of Consumer Defensive companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for British American Tobacco this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.Search InterestOnly 3 people have searched for BATS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.MarketBeat FollowsOnly 1 people have added British American Tobacco to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days. Company Ownership3.3 / 5Insider TradingAcquiring Shares Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn 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 Insiders10.55% 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 Institutions40.65% 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.Read more about British American Tobacco's insider trading history. Receive BATS Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for British American Tobacco and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address BATS Stock News HeadlinesInsider Buying: British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Insider Purchases 5 Shares of StockNovember 8, 2024 | insidertrades.comBritish American Tobacco p.l.c. 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British American Tobacco's stock was trading at GBX 2,295.50 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, BATS stock has increased by 29.3% and is now trading at GBX 2,969. View the best growth stocks for 2024 here. How do I buy shares of British American Tobacco? Shares of BATS stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.Compare Top Brokerages Here. 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 ExchangeLON SectorConsumer Defensive Industry Tobacco Sub-IndustryTobacco Products Current SymbolLON:BATS CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webwww.bat.com Phone+44-20-78452000FaxN/AEmployees52,000Year FoundedN/APrice Target and Rating Average Stock Price TargetGBX 3,237.50 High Stock Price TargetGBX 3,500 Low Stock Price TargetGBX 2,700 Potential Upside/Downside+9.0%Consensus RatingModerate Buy Rating Score (0-4)2.50 Research Coverage4 Analysts Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)GBX (6.22) Trailing P/E RatioN/A Forward P/E Ratio8.21 P/E Growth3.12Net Income£-13,880,000,000.00 Net Margins-52.84% Pretax MarginN/A Return on Equity-21.50% Return on Assets5.16% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio74.14 Current Ratio0.88 Quick Ratio0.47 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£26.18 billion Price / Sales2.51 Cash FlowGBX 159.31 per share Price / Cash Flow18.64 Book ValueGBX 2,358 per share Price / Book1.26Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares2,210,000,000Free FloatN/AMarket Cap£65.61 billion OptionableNot Optionable Beta0.27 Reduce the RiskMarket downturns give many investors pause, and for good reason. 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