Insider Selling: Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) Insider Sells £3,127,662.04 in Stock

Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) insider Stefan Bomhard sold 112,183 shares of Imperial Brands stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,788 ($35.33), for a total value of £3,127,662.04 ($3,963,079.12).

Imperial Brands Stock Performance

Shares of LON:IMB opened at GBX 2,741 ($34.73) on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 166.91, a current ratio of 0.72 and a quick ratio of 0.41. Imperial Brands PLC has a 1 year low of GBX 1,662 ($21.06) and a 1 year high of GBX 2,897 ($36.71). The firm has a market capitalization of £23.01 billion, a PE ratio of 11.61, a P/E/G ratio of 16.51 and a beta of 0.42. The business’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 2,652.65 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 2,401.75.

Imperial Brands (LON:IMB) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November 19th. The company reported GBX 297 ($3.76) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Imperial Brands had a net margin of 11.44% and a return on equity of 41.84%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Imperial Brands PLC will post 246.5723613 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Imperial Brands Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, February 20th will be given a dividend of GBX 54.26 ($0.69) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 20th. This is a positive change from Imperial Brands’s previous dividend of $22.45. This represents a yield of 2.43%. Imperial Brands’s payout ratio is presently 64.80%.

Imperial Brands Company Profile

We are Imperial Brands, a global consumer-focused organisation and the fourth largest international tobacco company.

We’re driven by our purpose: to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure. The world’s one billion adult smokers are seeking new and potentially less harmful products and we are committed to meeting their diverse and evolving needs.