Imperial Brands (IMB)

Sector:

Tobacco

Index:

FTSE 100

3,003.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -17.00p
  • 52 Week High: 3,027.00
  • 52 Week Low: 1,811.50
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 822.56m
  • Volume: 2,974,776
  • Market Cap: £24,702m
  • RiskGrade: 154

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.

1 Day Chart (25-04-2025)

1 Day Chart

6 Month Chart

6 Month Chart
Barclays logo

Digital Look Charts Sponsored by Barclays Stockbrokers

Imperial Tobacco Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 5.1% 0.0%
Div Cover 1.9 1.9
Op Mrgn 11.0% 41.5%
ROCE 1721.6%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 10.1 9.3
PEG 1.5 1.3
Pr/Revenue 0.8 2.5
Pr/Book 4.1  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -0.2% -70.5%
PBT -2.6% 30.9%
EPS 6.5% 7.1%
DPS 4.5% 6.6%

Imperial Tobacco Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-20 32,562.00 2,166.00 254.40p 5.4 n/a -7% 137.71p 10.1%
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%

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-25 9,559.63 3,966.42 318.07p 9.4 1.3 +7% 163.53p 0.0%
30-Sep-26 9,755.13 4,113.11 348.57p 8.6 0.9 +10% 170.98p 0.0%
30-Sep-27 9,943.29 4,260.94 382.92p 7.8 0.8 +10% 181.33p 0.0%

Copyright © 2025 FactSet Research Systems Inc. All rights reserved.

Imperial Tobacco Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 25-Apr-2025 17:38 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 24-Apr-2025 17:20 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 24-Apr-2025 07:00 RNS

Imperial Tobacco ShareCast News

London close: Stocks plummet on second day of Tr... 04-Apr-2025 ShareCast
Imperial Brands takes wraps off new long-term st... 26-Mar-2025 ShareCast
London close: Stocks slip as US jobless claims r... 20-Feb-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
03-Apr-25 Buy Dividends Lukas Paravicini 2,394.74p 231,996,368 £5,555,707,410.90
03-Apr-25 Buy Dividends Ngozi Edozien 2,894.74p 558,375 £16,163,498.67
03-Apr-25 Buy Jon Stanton 2,894.74p 3,651,932 £105,713,898.41

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

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 3,003.00p
Change Today -17.00p
% Change -0.56 %
52 Week High 3,027.00
52 Week Low 1,811.50
Volume 2,974,776
Shares Issued 822.56m
Market Cap £24,702m
RiskGrade 154

Imperial Tobacco Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
38.3% below the market average38.3% below the market average38.3% below the market average38.3% below the market average38.3% 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
Price Trend
92.53% above the market average92.53% above the market average92.53% above the market average92.53% above the market average92.53% 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
Income
75.72% above the market average75.72% above the market average75.72% above the market average75.72% above the market average75.72% 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
48.28% below the market average48.28% below the market average48.28% below the market average48.28% below the market average48.28% 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 4
Buy 6
Neutral 2
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 13
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

Imperial Tobacco Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final 3rd Interim
Ex-Div 20-Feb-25 28-Nov-24
Paid 31-Mar-25 31-Dec-24
Amount 54.26p 54.26p

Trades for 25-Apr-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
11:12 1,000,000 @ 3,003.00p
11:12 1,000,000 @ 3,003.00p
16:27 0 @ 3,003.00p
15:42 0 @ 3,006.00p
15:42 0 @ 3,006.00p

Imperial Tobacco Key Personnel

Chair Therese Esperdy
CEO Stefan Bomhard
CFO Lukas Paravicini

Top of Page