Insider Buying: British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Insider Buys £136.35 in Stock

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Soraya Benchikh bought 5 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 2nd. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 2,727 ($36.48) per share, for a total transaction of £136.35 ($182.38).

British American Tobacco Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of BATS opened at GBX 2,681 ($35.86) on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.14, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a current ratio of 0.88. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a fifty-two week low of GBX 2,228.78 ($29.81) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 2,994 ($40.05). The stock has a market capitalization of £59.25 billion, a PE ratio of -431.03, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. The company’s fifty day moving average is GBX 2,807.72 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 2,551.52.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 19th will be given a dividend of GBX 58.88 ($0.79) per share. This is a boost from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $57.72. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 19th. This represents a yield of 2.54%. British American Tobacco’s payout ratio 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.