Insider Buying: British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Insider Buys £140.95 in Stock

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Soraya Benchikh bought 5 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 6th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 2,819 ($36.70) per share, with a total value of £140.95 ($183.48).

Soraya Benchikh also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, October 2nd, Soraya Benchikh acquired 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 2,727 ($35.50) per share, with a total value of £136.35 ($177.49).

British American Tobacco Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of LON:BATS opened at GBX 2,733 ($35.58) on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average is GBX 2,768.92 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 2,605.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.14, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.47. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a 1 year low of GBX 2,228.78 ($29.01) and a 1 year high of GBX 2,994 ($38.97). The firm has a market capitalization of £60.40 billion, a P/E ratio of -439.39, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 19th will be issued a dividend of GBX 58.88 ($0.77) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 19th. This represents a dividend 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 -3,794.21%.

About British American Tobacco

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.