British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Insider Sells £299,644.80 in Stock

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Tadeu Marroco sold 9,555 shares of British American Tobacco stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 3,136 ($40.60), for a total value of £299,644.80 ($387,939.93).

Tadeu Marroco also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, March 5th, Tadeu Marroco purchased 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 3,074 ($39.80) per share, with a total value of £153.70 ($198.99).

British American Tobacco Price Performance

BATS stock traded up GBX 24 ($0.31) on Friday, reaching GBX 3,129 ($40.51). The company had a trading volume of 14,652,567 shares, compared to its average volume of 17,436,309. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.63, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a current ratio of 0.88. The company’s fifty day moving average is GBX 3,128.98 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 2,942.89. The company has a market cap of £68.84 billion, a P/E ratio of -5.05, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a 1 year low of GBX 2,228.78 ($28.86) and a 1 year high of GBX 3,416 ($44.23).

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported GBX 364.30 ($4.72) 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, research analysts forecast that British American Tobacco p.l.c. will post 361.5079365 earnings per share for the current year.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 2nd will be issued a dividend of GBX 60.06 ($0.78) per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 2nd. This is an increase from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $58.88. This represents a dividend yield of 1.9%. British American Tobacco’s payout ratio is -38.08%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 2,800 ($36.25) price objective on shares of British American Tobacco in a research note on Thursday, December 12th.

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.