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Imperial Brands (IMB) Share Price, News & Analysis

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GBX 2,365
+6.00 (+0.25%)
(As of 05:21 AM ET)

About Imperial Brands Stock (LON:IMB)

Key Stats

Today's Range
2,355
2,368.50
50-Day Range
2,132
2,361
52-Week Range
1,662
2,381
Volume
798,963 shs
Average Volume
2.80 million shs
Market Capitalization
£19.95 billion
P/E Ratio
1,028.26
Dividend Yield
6.47%
Price Target
GBX 2,220
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

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.

Imperial Brands Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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IMB MarketRank™: 

Imperial Brands scored higher than 9% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Imperial Brands has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Imperial Brands has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Imperial Brands' stock forecast and price target.
  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Imperial Brands is 1,028.70, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 134.67.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Imperial Brands is 1,028.70, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Defensive sector average P/E ratio of about 205.94.

  • 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 4.63. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for IMB.
  • 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.

  • Read more about Imperial Brands' dividend.
  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for IMB.
  • News Sentiment

    Imperial Brands has a news sentiment score of 0.55. 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 0.39 average news sentiment score of Consumer Defensive companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Imperial Brands this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Imperial Brands insiders have not sold or bought any 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.

  • Read more about Imperial Brands' insider trading history.
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IMB Stock News Headlines

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IMB Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Imperial Brands' stock was trading at GBX 1,806.50 at the beginning of the year. Since then, IMB shares have increased by 31.0% and is now trading at GBX 2,366.
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Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 19th. The company reported $103.00 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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%.

Shares of IMB 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.
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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
11/04/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Tobacco
Sub-Industry
Tobacco Products
CIK
N/A
Fax
N/A
Employees
25,200
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
GBX 2,220
High Stock Price Target
GBX 2,600
Low Stock Price Target
GBX 1,810
Potential Upside/Downside
-5.9%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.67
Research Coverage
3 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
£2.08 billion
Pretax Margin
N/A

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
£18.18 billion
Cash Flow
GBX 223.26 per share
Book Value
GBX 511 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
N/A
Market Cap
£19.90 billion
Optionable
Not Optionable
Beta
0.42
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This page (LON:IMB) was last updated on 11/5/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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