British American Tobacco (BATS)

Sector:

Tobacco

Index:

FTSE 100

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2,541.50p
   
  • Change Today:
      29.00p
  • 52 Week High: 5,100.00
  • 52 Week Low: 2,462.50
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 2,293.77m
  • Volume: 4,546,184
  • Market Cap: £58,296m
  • RiskGrade: 160

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 7.7% 7.9%
Div Cover 1.5 1.5
Op Mrgn 31.9% 36.5%
ROCE 301.6%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 8.9 8.7
PEG 0.6 3.7
Pr/Revenue 2.9 2.4
Pr/Book 1.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 37.6% 20.2%
PBT 373.8% -69.9%
EPS 14.9% 2.5%
DPS 15.2% 2.7%

BATS Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-13 15,260.00 5,799.00 108.70p 29.8 6.0 +5% 71.20p 2.2%
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 20,292.00 29,591.00 285.40p 17.6 1.2 +15% 195.20p 3.9%

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-18 24,382.49 8,911.33 292.59p 8.7 3.5 +2% 200.46p 7.9%
31-Dec-19 25,759.48 9,792.13 316.68p 8.0 1.0 +8% 210.34p 8.3%
31-Dec-20 27,072.71 10,697.56 345.41p 7.4 0.8 +9% 225.51p 8.9%

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BATS Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 17-Jan-2019 07:00 RNS
TR-1 Notification 15-Jan-2019 13:45 RNS
Board Committee Changes 14-Jan-2019 07:00 RNS

BATS ShareCast News

US tobacco volume declines to steepen, reckons C... 07-Jan-2019 ShareCast
British American Tobacco shuffles board for new ... 14-Dec-2018 ShareCast
Non-combustible products help keep British Ameri... 12-Dec-2018 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
14-Jan-19 Buy Kingsley Wheaton 3,376.00p 888 £29,978.88
07-Jan-19 Buy Dividends Alan Davy 2,578.50p 21 £541.48
07-Jan-19 Buy Dividends Alan Davy 2,578.50p 64 £1,650.24

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 2,541.50p
Change Today 29.00p
% Change 1.15 %
52 Week High 5,100.00
52 Week Low 2,462.50
Volume 4,546,184
Shares Issued 2,293.77m
Market Cap £58,296m
RiskGrade 160

BATS Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
58.77% above the market average58.77% above the market average58.77% above the market average58.77% above the market average58.77% 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
Price Trend
78.15% below the market average78.15% below the market average78.15% below the market average78.15% below the market average78.15% 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 Not Available
Growth
91.07% above the market average91.07% above the market average91.07% above the market average91.07% above the market average91.07% 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 13
Buy 0
Neutral 6
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 20
buy
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BATS Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Q4 Q3
Ex-Div 27-Dec-18 04-Oct-18
Paid 07-Feb-19 15-Nov-18
Amount 48.80p 48.80p

Trades for 18-Jan-2019

Time Volume / Share Price
17:09 27 @ 2,520.54p
16:35 1,021,544 @ 2,541.50p
16:29 200 @ 2,537.00p
16:29 100 @ 2,537.00p
16:29 100 @ 2,537.00p

BATS Key Personnel

CEO Nicandro Durante
Finance Director Ben Stevens
Chair Richard Burrows

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