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 the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,136 ($40.55), for a total transaction of £299,644.80 ($387,438.32).

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

• On Wednesday, March 5th, Tadeu Marroco purchased 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 3,074 ($39.75) per share, for a total transaction of £153.70 ($198.73).

British American Tobacco Stock Performance

LON BATS opened at GBX 3,129 ($40.46) on Monday. The stock has a market cap of £68.84 billion, a PE ratio of -5.05, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. 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 firm has a 50-day moving average of GBX 3,132.27 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,944.82. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a 52-week low of GBX 2,228.78 ($28.82) and a 52-week high of GBX 3,416 ($44.17).

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported GBX 364.30 ($4.71) 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, sell-side analysts anticipate that British American Tobacco p.l.c. will post 361.5079365 EPS for the current year.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 2nd will be given a GBX 60.06 ($0.78) dividend. This represents a dividend 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 payout ratio is presently -38.08%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 2,800 ($36.20) target price on shares of British American Tobacco in a research note on Thursday, December 12th.

British American Tobacco Company Profile

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.