British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Insider Serpil Timuray Buys 3,275 Shares

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Serpil Timuray purchased 3,275 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 4th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 3,200 ($40.89) per share, with a total value of £104,800 ($133,912.60).

British American Tobacco Price Performance

British American Tobacco stock opened at GBX 3,140 ($40.12) on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of £69.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.07, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a 12-month low of GBX 2,228.78 ($28.48) and a 12-month high of GBX 3,416 ($43.65). The company has a quick ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.63. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 3,147.69 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 2,956.17.

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported GBX 364.30 ($4.65) EPS for the quarter. British American Tobacco had a negative net margin of 52.84% and a negative return on equity of 25.94%. As a group, research analysts anticipate that British American Tobacco p.l.c. will post 361.5079365 earnings per share for the current year.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 2nd will be given a dividend of GBX 60.06 ($0.77) per share. This is a boost from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $58.88. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 2nd. This represents a dividend yield of 1.9%. British American Tobacco’s payout ratio is presently -38.08%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 2,800 ($35.78) target price on shares of British American Tobacco in a research note on Thursday, December 12th.

British American Tobacco Company Profile

BAT was founded in 1902 and was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1912. A constituent of the FTSE 100 since its creation in 1984, we have evolved, becoming the only truly global company in our sector.

BAT is transforming and is well positioned with a global footprint and multi-category portfolio.