British American Tobacco (BATS)

Sector:

Tobacco

Index:

FTSE 100

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2,775.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -43.00p
  • 52 Week High: 5,100.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 2,760.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 2,293.77m
  • Volume: 7,728,087
  • Market Cap: £63,652m
  • RiskGrade: 220
  • Beta: 0.83

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 7.0% 6.1%
Div Cover 1.5 1.5
Op Mrgn 31.9% 37.5%
ROCE 301.6%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 9.7 9.5
PEG 0.7 3.7
Pr/Revenue 3.1 2.6
Pr/Book 1.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 37.6% 20.3%
PBT 373.8% -69.1%
EPS 14.9% 2.6%
DPS 15.2% 2.9%

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 24,409.49 9,149.78 292.73p 9.5 3.7 +3% 200.93p 6.1%
31-Dec-19 25,507.06 9,927.84 317.50p 8.7 1.0 +8% 212.57p 6.4%

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BATS Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 09-Nov-2018 12:00 RNS
BAT Announces New Regional Director, AMSSA 07-Nov-2018 07:00 RNS
Total Voting Rights 01-Nov-2018 12:15 RNS

BATS ShareCast News

Tobacco stocks fall as FDA cracks down on ecig f... 15-Nov-2018 ShareCast
Deutsche Bank slashes British American Tobacco t... 15-Nov-2018 ShareCast
Tobacco stocks run out of puff over US menthol c... 12-Nov-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
07-Nov-18 Buy Johan Vandermeulen 3,420.00p 5 £171.00
07-Nov-18 Buy Naresh Sethi 3,420.00p 4 £136.80
07-Nov-18 Buy Tadeu Marroco 3,420.00p 5 £171.00

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 2,775.00p
Change Today -43.00p
% Change -1.53 %
52 Week High 5,100.00p
52 Week Low 2,760.00p
Volume 7,728,087
Shares Issued 2,293.77m
Market Cap £63,652m
Beta 0.83
RiskGrade 220

BATS Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
42.51% above the market average42.51% above the market average42.51% above the market average42.51% above the market average42.51% 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
Price Trend
75.73% below the market average75.73% below the market average75.73% below the market average75.73% below the market average75.73% 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
91.84% above the market average91.84% above the market average91.84% above the market average91.84% above the market average91.84% 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
91.28% above the market average91.28% above the market average91.28% above the market average91.28% above the market average91.28% 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 17
Buy 0
Neutral 4
Sell 0
Strong Sell 1
Total 22
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 15-Nov-2018

Time Volume / Share Price
17:27 23,188 @ 2,775.00p
17:06 170,514 @ 2,803.36p
17:06 29,486 @ 2,803.36p
17:06 7,969 @ 2,801.96p
17:06 2 @ 2,856.00p

BATS Key Personnel

Finance Director Ben Stevens
CEO Nicandro Durante
Chair Richard Burrows

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