British American Tobacco (BATS)

Sector:

Tobacco

Index:

FTSE 100

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 2,800.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      0.000p
  • 52 Week High: 4,222.50
  • 52 Week Low: 2,375.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 2,293.79m
  • Volume: 2,642,014
  • Market Cap: £64,226m
  • RiskGrade: 136
  • Beta: 0.02

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 7.2% 725.8%
Div Cover 1.5 1.5
Op Mrgn 38.0% 38.3%
ROCE 133.5%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 9.4 889.7
PEG 1.8 n/a
Pr/Revenue 2.6 2.5
Pr/Book 1.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 25.2% 3.1%
PBT -71.7% 15.8%
EPS 5.1% -98.9%
DPS 4.0% -99.0%

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 25,259.48 9,669.90 3.15p 889.7 n/a -99% 2.09p 725.8%
31-Dec-20 26,197.58 10,351.30 3.35p 835.9 129.8 +6% 2.21p 765.7%

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BATS Company Announcements

Branch Register: Dividend Finalisation Information 18-Jun-2019 07:00 RNS
First Half Pre-Close Trading Update 2019 12-Jun-2019 07:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 10-Jun-2019 07:00 RNS

BATS ShareCast News

Tuesday broker round-up 18-Jun-2019 ShareCast
Morgan Stanley turns 'incrementally more bearish... 17-Jun-2019 ShareCast
Thursday broker round-up 13-Jun-2019 ShareCast

BATS Top Newspaper Links

Growth of BAT’s ‘reduced-risk’ brands fails to l... 13-Jun-2019 Times
Strong pound plays havoc with UK plc 31-Jul-2014 Telegraph
British American Tobacco and Philip Morris sued ... 15-Apr-2014 The Independent

Latest BATS Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
05-Jun-19 Buy Ben Stevens 2,848.00p 6 £170.88
20-May-19 Sell Jack Bowles 2,947.00p 6,811 £200,720.17
20-May-19 Exercise of option Jack Bowles 0.000p 22,711 £0.00

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 2,800.00p
Change Today 0.000p
% Change 0.00 %
52 Week High 4,222.50
52 Week Low 2,375.00
Volume 2,642,014
Shares Issued 2,293.79m
Market Cap £64,226m
Beta 0.02
RiskGrade 136

BATS Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
67.73% above the market average67.73% above the market average67.73% above the market average67.73% above the market average67.73% 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
42.8% below the market average42.8% below the market average42.8% below the market average42.8% below the market average42.8% 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
88.86% above the market average88.86% above the market average88.86% above the market average88.86% above the market average88.86% 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
53.53% above the market average53.53% above the market average53.53% above the market average53.53% above the market average53.53% 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 1
Neutral 3
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 19
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 20-Jun-2019

Time Volume / Share Price
17:13 461 @ 2,799.78p
17:13 896 @ 2,799.78p
17:13 8,053 @ 2,798.42p
17:13 3,878 @ 2,798.42p
17:13 847 @ 2,795.28p

BATS Key Personnel

CEO Nicandro Durante
Finance Director Ben Stevens
Chair Richard Burrows
CEO Jack Bowles

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