Insider Buying: British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Insider Buys 48 Shares of Stock

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Tadeu Marroco acquired 48 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 1st. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 2,716 ($35.22) per share, for a total transaction of £1,303.68 ($1,690.68).

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

• On Wednesday, September 4th, Tadeu Marroco purchased 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 2,876 ($37.30) per share, with a total value of £143.80 ($186.49).
• On Wednesday, August 7th, Tadeu Marroco bought 6 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 2,747 ($35.62) per share, with a total value of £164.82 ($213.75).

British American Tobacco Stock Performance

Shares of BATS stock traded up GBX 22 ($0.29) during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching GBX 2,721 ($35.29). 2,889,591 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 5,453,999. The firm has a market capitalization of £60.13 billion, a PE ratio of -433.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.14, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a current ratio of 0.88. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 2,771.36 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 2,596.43. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a 12 month low of GBX 2,228.78 ($28.90) and a 12 month high of GBX 2,994 ($38.83).

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 19th will be paid a GBX 58.88 ($0.76) dividend. This represents a yield of 2.54%. This is an increase from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $57.72. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 19th. British American Tobacco’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -3,794.21%.

British American Tobacco Company Profile

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.