British American Tobacco (BATS)

Sector:

Tobacco

Index:

FTSE 100

2,599.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      6.00p
  • 52 Week High: 2,924.00
  • 52 Week Low: 2,448.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 2,294.65m
  • Volume: 2,502,541
  • Market Cap: £59,638m
  • 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 8.3% 8.6%
Div Cover 1.5 1.5
Op Mrgn 38.6% 38.9%
ROCE 125.8%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 7.8 8.0
PEG 3.1 n/a
Pr/Revenue 2.3 2.3
Pr/Book 0.9  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -0.4% -0.9%
PBT 9.6% 14.7%
EPS 2.5% -1.9%
DPS 2.5% 1.2%

BATS Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
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%
31-Dec-20 25,776.00 8,672.00 333.00p 8.1 4.1 +2% 215.60p 8.0%

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-21 25,553.58 9,943.93 326.64p 8.0 n/a -2% 218.27p 8.6%
31-Dec-22 26,553.31 10,681.91 351.09p 7.4 1.0 +8% 229.29p 9.0%

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BATS Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 08-Oct-2021 16:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 08-Oct-2021 16:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 06-Oct-2021 13:30 RNS

BATS ShareCast News

Tuesday broker round-up 03-Aug-2021 ShareCast
BAT revenues up as vaping product sales soar 28-Jul-2021 ShareCast
Sunday newspaper round-up: New infections, Morri... 25-Jul-2021 ShareCast

BATS Top Newspaper Links

US Food and Drug Administration gives green ligh... 14-Oct-2021 Times
Strong pound plays havoc with UK plc 31-Jul-2014 Telegraph
British American Tobacco and Philip Morris sued ... 15-Apr-2014 The Independent

Latest BATS Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
06-Oct-21 Buy Tadeu Marroco 2,515.00p 6 £150.90
01-Sep-21 Buy Tadeu Marroco 2,715.00p 5 £135.75
26-Aug-21 Buy Dividends Savio Kwan 2,700.31p 158 £4,266.50

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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 2,599.00p
Change Today 6.00p
% Change 0.23 %
52 Week High 2,924.00
52 Week Low 2,448.00
Volume 2,502,541
Shares Issued 2,294.65m
Market Cap £59,638m
RiskGrade 122

BATS Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
89.85% above the market average89.85% above the market average89.85% above the market average89.85% above the market average89.85% 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
Price Trend
64.21% below the market average64.21% below the market average64.21% below the market average64.21% below the market average64.21% 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
Income
99.07% above the market average99.07% above the market average99.07% above the market average99.07% above the market average99.07% 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
22.50% above the market average22.50% above the market average22.50% above the market average22.50% above the market average22.50% 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

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 17
Buy 0
Neutral 3
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 20
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BATS Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Q4 Q3
Ex-Div 23-Dec-21 30-Sep-21
Paid 09-Feb-22 11-Nov-21
Amount 53.90p 53.90p

Trades for 15-Oct-2021

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 1,052,620 @ 2,599.00p
16:29 30 @ 2,599.50p
16:29 441 @ 2,599.50p
16:29 250 @ 2,599.50p
16:29 100 @ 2,600.00p

BATS Key Personnel

CEO Jack Bowles
Finance Director Tadeu Marroco
Chair Luc Jobin

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