British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Insider Sells £1,003,730.08 in Stock

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Tadeu Marroco sold 31,544 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,182 ($41.05), for a total value of £1,003,730.08 ($1,294,801.44).

Tadeu Marroco also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, March 26th, Tadeu Marroco sold 9,555 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,136 ($40.45), for a total value of £299,644.80 ($386,538.70).
• On Wednesday, March 5th, Tadeu Marroco acquired 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 3,074 ($39.65) per share, for a total transaction of £153.70 ($198.27).

British American Tobacco Stock Performance

LON BATS opened at GBX 3,101 ($40.00) on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 3,150.67 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 2,953.26. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a 12-month low of GBX 2,228.78 ($28.75) and a 12-month high of GBX 3,416 ($44.07). The firm has a market cap of £68.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.00, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. The company has a quick ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.63.

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported GBX 364.30 ($4.70) EPS for the quarter. British American Tobacco had a negative net margin of 52.84% and a negative return on equity of 25.94%. On average, equities analysts forecast that British American Tobacco p.l.c. will post 361.5079365 EPS for the current year.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 2nd will be paid a GBX 60.06 ($0.77) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 2nd. This is a boost from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $58.88. This represents a dividend yield of 1.9%. British American Tobacco’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -38.08%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 2,800 ($36.12) price target on shares of British American Tobacco in a research report on Thursday, December 12th.

About British American Tobacco

BAT was founded in 1902 and was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1912. A constituent of the FTSE 100 since its creation in 1984, we have evolved, becoming the only truly global company in our sector.

BAT is transforming and is well positioned with a global footprint and multi-category portfolio.