British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Stock Price Crosses Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Here’s What Happened

Shares of British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 2,964.29 ($39.09) and traded as high as GBX 3,176 ($41.88). British American Tobacco shares last traded at GBX 3,152.10 ($41.56), with a volume of 4,119,824 shares trading hands.

British American Tobacco Stock Up 0.3 %

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.63, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.47. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 3,138.17 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 2,964.29. The company has a market capitalization of £69.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.09, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27.

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported GBX 364.30 ($4.80) EPS for the quarter. British American Tobacco had a negative return on equity of 25.94% and a negative net margin of 52.84%. On average, sell-side analysts predict that British American Tobacco p.l.c. will post 361.5079365 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 2nd will be given a GBX 60.06 ($0.79) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 2nd. This is an increase from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $58.88. This represents a yield of 1.9%. British American Tobacco’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -38.08%.

Insider Buying and Selling at British American Tobacco

In related news, insider Serpil Timuray purchased 3,275 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, April 4th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 3,200 ($42.19) per share, for a total transaction of £104,800 ($138,185.65). Also, insider Tadeu Marroco sold 31,544 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,182 ($41.96), for a total transaction of £1,003,730.08 ($1,323,483.76). Insiders bought 3,285 shares of company stock valued at $10,511,575 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 10.55% of the company’s stock.

About British American Tobacco

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.