British American Tobacco (BATS)

Sector:

Tobacco

Index:

FTSE 100

2,491.50p
   
  • Change Today:
    -23.50p
  • 52 Week High: 3,507.00
  • 52 Week Low: 2,382.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 2,294.23m
  • Volume: 3,140,744
  • Market Cap: £57,161m
  • RiskGrade: 158

BATS Overview

British American Tobacco was founded in 1902 as a joint venture between the UK’s Imperial Tobacco Company and the American Tobacco Company. It is second only to Philip Morris in the World cigarette market, with more than 300 brands sold in around 180 markets.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 8.4% 8.6%
Div Cover 1.5 1.5
Op Mrgn 34.8% 39.2%
ROCE 116.4%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 7.7 7.5
PEG 0.8 3.9
Pr/Revenue 2.2 2.2
Pr/Book 0.9  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 5.7% -0.4%
PBT -5.3% 27.6%
EPS 9.1% 1.9%
DPS 3.6% 3.0%

BATS Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-15 13,104.00 5,855.00 208.90p 18.1 0.2 +100% 154.00p 4.1%
31-Dec-16 14,751.00 6,245.00 248.40p 18.6 1.0 +19% 169.40p 3.7%
31-Dec-17 19,564.00 29,527.00 283.10p 17.7 1.3 +14% 195.20p 3.9%
31-Dec-18 24,492.00 8,351.00 297.60p 8.4 1.7 +5% 203.00p 8.1%
31-Dec-19 25,877.00 7,912.00 324.80p 9.9 1.1 +9% 210.40p 6.5%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

BATS Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-20 25,774.07 10,094.51 331.11p 7.5 3.9 +2% 216.75p 8.6%
31-Dec-21 26,911.79 10,865.67 354.67p 7.0 1.0 +7% 231.73p 9.2%

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BATS Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 06-Aug-2020 14:00 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 06-Aug-2020 14:00 RNS
BAT Announces New President for US Business 05-Aug-2020 07:00 RNS

BATS ShareCast News

BAT replaces Oberlander as boss of Reynolds Amer... 05-Aug-2020 ShareCast
BAT reports higher profits on demand for high-pr... 31-Jul-2020 ShareCast
Friday broker round-up 24-Jul-2020 ShareCast

BATS Top Newspaper Links

Strong pound plays havoc with UK plc 31-Jul-2014 Telegraph
British American Tobacco and Philip Morris sued ... 15-Apr-2014 The Independent
British American Tobacco threatens legal challen... 28-Feb-2014 Telegraph

Latest BATS Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
03-Aug-20 Buy Jeremy Fowden 2,543.86p 700 £17,807.00
03-Aug-20 Buy Jeremy Fowden 3,326.50p 1,300 £43,244.50
01-Jul-20 Buy Tadeu Marroco 3,093.00p 5 £154.65

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

BATS Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 2,491.50p
Change Today -23.50p
% Change -0.93 %
52 Week High 3,507.00
52 Week Low 2,382.00
Volume 3,140,744
Shares Issued 2,294.23m
Market Cap £57,161m
RiskGrade 158

BATS Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value Not Available
Price Trend
41.66% below the market average41.66% below the market average41.66% below the market average41.66% below the market average41.66% below the market average
100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average
Income
96.51% above the market average96.51% above the market average96.51% above the market average96.51% above the market average96.51% above the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average
Growth
21.63% above the market average21.63% above the market average21.63% above the market average21.63% above the market average21.63% above the market average
100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 19
Buy 0
Neutral 3
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 22
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BATS Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Q4 Q3
Ex-Div 17-Dec-20 01-Oct-20
Paid 03-Feb-21 12-Nov-20
Amount 52.60p 52.60p

Trades for 07-Aug-2020

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 1,184,647 @ 2,491.50p
16:29 39 @ 2,495.50p
16:29 114 @ 2,495.50p
16:29 200 @ 2,495.41p
16:29 6 @ 2,495.50p

BATS Key Personnel

Chair Richard Burrows
CEO Jack Bowles
Finance Director Tadeu Marroco

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