British American Tobacco (BATS)

Sector:

Tobacco

Index:

FTSE 100

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3,042.50p
   
  • Change Today:
      62.50p
  • 52 Week High: 4,122.50
  • 52 Week Low: 2,375.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 2,293.81m
  • Volume: 232,672
  • Market Cap: £69,789m
  • RiskGrade: 158

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 6.8% 7.0%
Div Cover 1.5 1.5
Op Mrgn 38.0% 37.9%
ROCE 133.5%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 10.0 9.2
PEG 2.0 1.0
Pr/Revenue 2.8 2.6
Pr/Book 1.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 25.2% 6.0%
PBT -71.7% 17.9%
EPS 5.1% 9.2%
DPS 4.0% 4.5%

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 25,954.80 9,845.96 325.12p 9.2 1.0 +9% 212.07p 7.0%
31-Dec-20 27,447.64 10,816.54 351.24p 8.5 1.1 +8% 226.66p 7.5%

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BATS Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 16-Aug-2019 10:30 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 16-Aug-2019 07:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 16-Aug-2019 07:00 RNS

BATS ShareCast News

BAT sales boosted by new products 01-Aug-2019 ShareCast
Morgan Stanley sounds note of caution over tobac... 15-Jul-2019 ShareCast
Tuesday broker round-up 18-Jun-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
15-Aug-19 Buy Dividends Savio Kwan 3,107.54p 111 £3,449.36
09-Aug-19 Buy Dividends Jack Bowles 3,071.00p 147 £4,514.37
08-Aug-19 Buy Dividends Tadeu Marroco 3,069.17p 468 £14,363.72

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 3,042.50p
Change Today 62.50p
% Change 2.10 %
52 Week High 4,122.50
52 Week Low 2,375.00
Volume 232,672
Shares Issued 2,293.81m
Market Cap £69,789m
RiskGrade 158

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
26.83% below the market average26.83% below the market average26.83% below the market average26.83% below the market average26.83% 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
Income
86.17% above the market average86.17% above the market average86.17% above the market average86.17% above the market average86.17% 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
53.99% above the market average53.99% above the market average53.99% above the market average53.99% above the market average53.99% 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 14
Buy 0
Neutral 4
Sell 1
Strong Sell 1
Total 20
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-Aug-2019

Time Volume / Share Price
10:33 200 @ 3,042.50p
10:33 389 @ 3,042.00p
10:33 20 @ 3,042.50p
10:33 78 @ 3,042.50p
10:33 391 @ 3,042.50p

BATS Key Personnel

Chair Richard Burrows
CEO Jack Bowles
Finance Director Tadeu Marroco

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