British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Insider Sells £1,003,730.08 in Stock

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Tadeu Marroco sold 31,544 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,182 ($41.14), for a total transaction of £1,003,730.08 ($1,297,647.16).

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

• On Wednesday, March 26th, Tadeu Marroco sold 9,555 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 3,136 ($40.54), for a total transaction of £299,644.80 ($387,388.24).
• On Wednesday, March 5th, Tadeu Marroco purchased 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 3,074 ($39.74) per share, with a total value of £153.70 ($198.71).

British American Tobacco Price Performance

Shares of LON:BATS traded down GBX 71 ($0.92) during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting GBX 3,120 ($40.34). 2,754,447 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 16,645,813. The stock has a market cap of £68.64 billion, a P/E ratio of -5.03, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a twelve month low of GBX 2,228.78 ($28.81) and a twelve month high of GBX 3,416 ($44.16). The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 3,141.37 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 2,949.02. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.63.

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported GBX 364.30 ($4.71) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. British American Tobacco had a negative net margin of 52.84% and a negative return on equity of 25.94%. 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 business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 2nd will be issued a dividend of GBX 60.06 ($0.78) per share. This represents a yield of 1.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 2nd. This is a boost from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $58.88. British American Tobacco’s dividend payout ratio is -38.08%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 2,800 ($36.20) price target on shares of British American Tobacco in a report 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.