British American Tobacco (BATS)

Sector:

Tobacco

Index:

FTSE 100

3,324.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      5.50p
  • 52 Week High: 3,628.00
  • 52 Week Low: 2,512.50
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 2,251.93m
  • Volume: 1,909,504
  • Market Cap: £74,854m
  • RiskGrade: 122

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 6.5% 7.1%
Div Cover 1.5 1.6
Op Mrgn 39.8% 39.8%
ROCE 128.5%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 10.1 8.8
PEG n/a 0.8
Pr/Revenue 2.9 2.7
Pr/Book 1.1  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -0.4% 8.0%
PBT 5.7% 20.5%
EPS -0.8% 11.8%
DPS 2.5% 7.9%

BATS Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
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%
31-Dec-20 25,776.00 8,672.00 333.00p 8.1 4.1 +2% 210.40p 7.8%
31-Dec-21 25,684.00 9,163.00 330.40p 8.3 n/a -1% 215.60p 7.9%

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-22 27,736.02 11,039.69 369.24p 9.0 0.8 +12% 232.62p 7.1%
31-Dec-23 29,174.12 11,923.56 403.32p 8.2 0.9 +9% 250.53p 7.7%

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BATS Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 12-Aug-2022 07:00 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 11-Aug-2022 11:00 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 11-Aug-2022 07:00 RNS

BATS ShareCast News

Director dealings: British American Tobacco non-... 28-Jul-2022 ShareCast
BAT takes hit of almost £1bn from Russia exit 27-Jul-2022 ShareCast
Wednesday preview: US FOMC, British American Tob... 26-Jul-2022 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-22 Buy Tadeu Marroco 3,267.42p 5 £163.37
03-Aug-22 Buy Karen Guerra 3,263.70p 3,000 £97,911.00
27-Jul-22 Buy Krishnan Anand 3,425.42p 3,605 £123,486.48

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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 3,324.00p
Change Today 5.50p
% Change 0.17 %
52 Week High 3,628.00
52 Week Low 2,512.50
Volume 1,909,504
Shares Issued 2,251.93m
Market Cap £74,854m
RiskGrade 122

BATS Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
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Price Trend
70.46% above the market average70.46% above the market average70.46% above the market average70.46% above the market average70.46% 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
Income
89.62% above the market average89.62% above the market average89.62% above the market average89.62% above the market average89.62% 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
63.19% below the market average63.19% below the market average63.19% below the market average63.19% below the market average63.19% below the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 13
Buy 2
Neutral 2
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 17
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BATS Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Q2 Q1
Ex-Div 07-Jul-22 24-Mar-22
Paid 17-Aug-22 04-May-22
Amount 54.45p 54.45p

Trades for 12-Aug-2022

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 593,531 @ 3,324.00p
16:29 151 @ 3,324.00p
16:29 74 @ 3,323.00p
16:29 59 @ 3,323.00p
16:29 147 @ 3,323.50p

BATS Key Personnel

CEO Jack Bowles
Finance Director Tadeu Marroco
Chair Luc Jobin

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