British American Tobacco (BATS)

Sector:

Tobacco

Index:

FTSE 100

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3,180.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -4.50p
  • 52 Week High: 4,311.00
  • 52 Week Low: 2,375.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 2,293.77m
  • Volume: 2,967,767
  • Market Cap: £72,942m
  • RiskGrade: 166

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 6.4% 6.8%
Div Cover 1.5 1.5
Op Mrgn 38.0% 38.2%
ROCE 133.5%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 10.7 10.1
PEG 2.1 1.9
Pr/Revenue 3.0 2.9
Pr/Book 1.1  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 25.2% 3.3%
PBT -71.7% 15.6%
EPS 5.1% 5.4%
DPS 4.0% 2.9%

BATS Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-14 13,971.00 4,848.00 104.35p 33.5 n/a -4% 74.05p 2.1%
31-Dec-15 13,104.00 5,855.00 208.90p 18.1 0.2 +100% 154.00p 4.1%
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%

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-19 25,289.51 9,656.23 313.75p 10.1 1.9 +5% 208.87p 6.8%
31-Dec-20 26,205.45 10,343.47 336.34p 9.5 1.3 +7% 222.34p 7.2%

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BATS Company Announcements

Annual Financial Report 21-Mar-2019 08:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 19-Mar-2019 14:45 RNS
Annual Financial Report 15-Mar-2019 12:25 RNS

BATS ShareCast News

Friday broker round-up 15-Mar-2019 ShareCast
BAT's Canadian arm gets CCAA protection 13-Mar-2019 ShareCast
US regulator speeds flavoured e-cigarette crackd... 13-Mar-2019 ShareCast

BATS Top Newspaper Links

Strong pound plays havoc with UK plc 31-Jul-2014 Telegraph
British American Tobacco and Philip Morris sued ... 15-Apr-2014 The Independent
British American Tobacco threatens legal challen... 28-Feb-2014 Telegraph

Latest BATS Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
06-Mar-19 Buy Ben Stevens 2,999.00p 5 £149.95
06-Mar-19 Buy Nicandro Durante 2,999.00p 5 £149.95
05-Mar-19 Buy Ben Stevens 2,883.00p 689 £19,863.87

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.

 

BATS Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 3,180.00p
Change Today -4.50p
% Change -0.14 %
52 Week High 4,311.00
52 Week Low 2,375.00
Volume 2,967,767
Shares Issued 2,293.77m
Market Cap £72,942m
RiskGrade 166

BATS 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
50.1% below the market average50.1% below the market average50.1% below the market average50.1% below the market average50.1% 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
85.21% above the market average85.21% above the market average85.21% above the market average85.21% above the market average85.21% 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
53.88% above the market average53.88% above the market average53.88% above the market average53.88% above the market average53.88% 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

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 16
Buy 0
Neutral 4
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 21
buy
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BATS Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Q4 Q3
Ex-Div 24-Dec-19 03-Oct-19
Paid 06-Feb-20 14-Nov-19
Amount 50.75p 50.75p

Trades for 21-Mar-2019

Time Volume / Share Price
17:06 15,403 @ 3,167.10p
17:06 2 @ 3,180.00p
17:06 7,246 @ 3,167.29p
16:35 1,048,567 @ 3,180.00p
16:29 56 @ 3,187.50p

BATS Key Personnel

CEO Nicandro Durante
Finance Director Ben Stevens
Chair Richard Burrows

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