Imperial Brands (IMB)

Sector:

Tobacco

Index:

FTSE 100

3,086.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      42.00p
  • 52 Week High: 3,312.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 2,600.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 793.06m
  • Volume: 154,106
  • Market Cap: £24,474m
  • RiskGrade: 154
  • Beta: 0.50

Imperial Tobacco Overview

Imperial Brands has powered ahead since it was released from conglomerate Hanson in the late 1990s. Brands include Embassy, Regal, John Player Specials and Lambert & Butler alongside Castella cigars. Like its rivals, expansion has seen it go continental with the acquisition of Germany's Reemstma in 2001, which promoted the group into the fourth biggest tobacco company in the world.

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Imperial Tobacco Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 5.3% 0.0%
Div Cover 2.0 2.0
Op Mrgn 10.8% 40.7%
ROCE 2319.5%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 9.7 8.7
PEG 1.6 0.9
Pr/Revenue 0.8 2.4
Pr/Book 4.4  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -0.7% -68.7%
PBT 3.3% 31.3%
EPS 6.1% 8.9%
DPS 4.5% 4.9%

Imperial Tobacco Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-21 32,791.00 3,238.00 247.10p 6.3 n/a -3% 139.08p 8.9%
30-Sep-22 32,551.00 2,551.00 265.20p 7.0 1.0 +7% 141.17p 7.6%
30-Sep-23 32,475.00 3,111.00 278.80p 6.0 1.2 +5% 146.82p 8.8%
30-Sep-24 32,411.00 3,029.00 297.00p 7.3 1.2 +6% 153.42p 7.1%
30-Sep-25 32,171.00 3,128.00 315.00p 10.0 1.7 +6% 160.32p 5.1%

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

Imperial Tobacco Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-26 10,080.54 4,105.64 342.89p 8.9 1.0 +9% 168.16p 0.0%
30-Sep-27 10,294.08 4,252.79 376.14p 8.1 0.8 +10% 176.64p 0.0%
30-Sep-28 10,470.39 4,389.76 410.06p 7.4 0.8 +9% 184.20p 0.0%

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Imperial Tobacco Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 16-Jan-2026 17:14 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 15-Jan-2026 17:20 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 14-Jan-2026 16:56 RNS

Imperial Tobacco ShareCast News

Transaction in Own Shares 02-Jan-2026 ShareCast
Transaction in Own Shares 30-Dec-2025 ShareCast
Transaction in Own Shares 29-Dec-2025 ShareCast

Imperial Tobacco Top Newspaper Links

Imperial Tobacco hit by weak sales in Russia and... 20-Aug-2014 Guardian
Imperial to spend £4.2bn on snapping up assets f... 16-Jul-2014 Telegraph
Imperial Tobacco snaps up US brands Salem and Ko... 16-Jul-2014 Guardian

Latest Imperial Tobacco Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
06-Jan-26 Buy Ngozi Edozien 3,045.24p 4 £121.81
06-Jan-26 Buy Dividends Jon Stanton 3,045.24p 27 £822.21
06-Jan-26 Buy Dividends Sue Clark 3,045.24p 30 £913.57

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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.

 

Imperial Tobacco Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 3,086.00p
Change Today 42.00p
% Change 1.38 %
52 Week High 3,312.00p
52 Week Low 2,600.00p
Volume 154,106
Shares Issued 793.06m
Market Cap £24,474m
Beta 0.50
RiskGrade 154

Imperial Tobacco 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
81.93% above the market average81.93% above the market average81.93% above the market average81.93% above the market average81.93% 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
81.28% above the market average81.28% above the market average81.28% above the market average81.28% above the market average81.28% 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
35.34% below the market average35.34% below the market average35.34% below the market average35.34% below the market average35.34% 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

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 6
Buy 6
Neutral 1
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 14
buy
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Imperial Tobacco Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final 3rd Interim
Ex-Div 19-Feb-26 27-Nov-25
Paid 31-Mar-26 31-Dec-25
Amount 40.08p 40.08p

Trades for 19-Jan-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
13:40 0 @ 3,086.00p
13:40 0 @ 3,087.00p
13:40 250 @ 3,086.00p
13:39 0 @ 3,088.00p
13:39 3,606 @ 3,086.46p

Imperial Tobacco Key Personnel

Chair Thérèse Esperdy
CEO Lukas Paravicini
CFO Murray McGowan

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