Soraya Benchikh Acquires 5 Shares of British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Stock

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Soraya Benchikh bought 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 4th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 2,940 ($37.36) per share, with a total value of £147 ($186.79).

Soraya Benchikh also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, November 6th, Soraya Benchikh purchased 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 2,819 ($35.82) per share, for a total transaction of £140.95 ($179.10).
• On Wednesday, October 2nd, Soraya Benchikh purchased 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 2,727 ($34.65) per share, for a total transaction of £136.35 ($173.25).

British American Tobacco Stock Performance

Shares of BATS stock traded up GBX 40 ($0.51) during trading on Thursday, reaching GBX 2,971 ($37.75). 24,730,654 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 5,417,603. The company has a market capitalization of £65.66 billion, a P/E ratio of -471.22, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.14. The firm’s 50-day moving average is GBX 2,774.10 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 2,670.58. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a 1 year low of GBX 2,228.78 ($28.32) and a 1 year high of GBX 3,010 ($38.25).

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, December 19th will be paid a dividend of GBX 58.88 ($0.75) per share. This is a boost from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $57.72. This represents a dividend yield of 2.54%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 19th. British American Tobacco’s dividend payout ratio is presently -3,794.21%.

About British American Tobacco

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.