Imperial Brands (IMBBY) Stock 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: $39.98 to $40.24
• 50-Day Range: $33.95 to $40.32
• 52-Week Range: $22.83 to $40.42
• Volume: 65,617 shs
• Average Volume: 225,087 shs
• Market Capitalization: $33.21 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 4.97%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Strong Buy

Imperial Brands Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Imperial Brands scored higher than 33% 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: N/A
• Analyst Rating: N/A

Consensus Rating

There is not enough analysis data for Imperial Brands.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 12.22%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Imperial Brands are expected to grow by 12.22% in the coming year, from $4.09 to $4.59 per share.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Imperial Brands has a P/B Ratio of 4.46. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.01% of the float of Imperial Brands has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Imperial Brands has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Imperial Brands has recently increased by 20.57%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Imperial Brands is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.89%, 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 Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Imperial Brands will have a dividend payout ratio of 43.57% next year. This indicates that Imperial Brands will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.01% of the float of Imperial Brands has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Imperial Brands has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Imperial Brands has recently increased by 20.57%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.68

News Sentiment

Imperial Brands has a news sentiment score of 0.68. 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 0.93 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Imperial Brands this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

5 people have searched for IMBBY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 150% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Imperial Brands to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

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 1.00% of the stock of Imperial Brands is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 0.02% of the stock of Imperial Brands is held by institutions.

IMBBY Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have IMBBY shares performed this year?

Imperial Brands' stock was trading at $32.05 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, IMBBY shares have increased by 25.6% and is now trading at $40.24.
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Does Imperial Brands have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of Imperial Brands: Nerudia Ltd, Barjan – Mistic Electronic Cigarettes Brand, Skruf Snus, Lignum-2, Commonwealth Brands, Davidoff, Gunnar Stenberg, and others.

How do I buy shares of Imperial Brands?

Shares of IMBBY stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 4/7 Dividend: 2/21/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 4/7 Dividend: 2/21/2025
• Dividend Payable: 4/07/2025
• Today: 4/26/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/14/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Tobacco products
• Sub-Industry: Tobacco Products
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:IMBBY
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:IMBBY
• CIK: 1072670
• Web: www.imperialbrandsplc.com
• Phone: 441179636636
• Fax: 44-0-11-7933-7422
• Employees: 25,600
• Year Founded: 1901

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.24
• Current Ratio: 0.72
• Quick Ratio: 0.36

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $41.10 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.81
• Cash Flow: $5.48 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.34
• Book Value: $9.03 per share
• Price / Book: 4.46

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 825,351,000
• Free Float: 825,238,000
• Market Cap: $33.21 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.53