British American Tobacco (BATS)

Sector:

Tobacco

Index:

FTSE 100

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5,482.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -3.00p
  • 52 Week High: 5,643.00
  • 52 Week Low: 4,258.50
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 1,864.45m
  • Volume: 1,653,794
  • Market Cap: £102,209m
  • RiskGrade: 73

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 3.1% 3.3%
Div Cover 1.5 1.6
Op Mrgn 31.6% 42.3%
ROCE 40.9%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 22.1 19.2
PEG 1.2 1.3
Pr/Revenue 6.9 6.2
Pr/Book 12.2  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 12.6% 11.8%
PBT 6.7% 11.5%
EPS 18.9% 15.2%
DPS 10.0% 8.0%

BATS Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-12 15,190.00 5,592.00 103.15p 30.3 6.1 +5% 67.45p 2.2%
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%

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-17 16,484.74 6,966.10 286.17p 19.2 1.3 +15% 182.99p 3.3%
31-Dec-18 17,239.04 7,837.61 309.96p 17.7 2.1 +8% 199.81p 3.6%

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BATS Company Announcements

BAT-Reynolds: Publication of Circular & Prospectus 14-Jun-2017 15:15 RNS
Trading Statement 14-Jun-2017 07:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 12-Jun-2017 14:00 RNS

BATS ShareCast News

British American Tobacco expects volumes ahead o... 14-Jun-2017 ShareCast
Tuesday broker round-up 09-May-2017 ShareCast
Citi ups target on British American Tobacco, eye... 09-May-2017 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-Jun-17 Buy Johan Vandermeulen 5,587.00p 3 £167.61
07-Jun-17 Buy Naresh Sethi 5,587.00p 2 £111.74
07-Jun-17 Buy Tadeu Marroco 5,587.00p 3 £167.61

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 5,482.00p
Change Today -3.00p
% Change -0.05 %
52 Week High 5,643.00
52 Week Low 4,258.50
Volume 1,653,794
Shares Issued 1,864.45m
Market Cap £102,209m
RiskGrade 73

BATS Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
72.3% below the market average72.3% below the market average72.3% below the market average72.3% below the market average72.3% 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
Price Trend
71.00% above the market average71.00% above the market average71.00% above the market average71.00% above the market average71.00% 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
Income
22.54% above the market average22.54% above the market average22.54% above the market average22.54% above the market average22.54% 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
10.79% above the market average10.79% above the market average10.79% above the market average10.79% above the market average10.79% 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 12
Buy 1
Neutral 2
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 15
strong_buy
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BATS Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 16-Mar-17 18-Aug-16
Paid 04-May-17 28-Sep-16
Amount 118.10p 51.30p

Trades for 23-Jun-2017

Time Volume / Share Price
17:10 800 @ 5,482.00p
17:01 100 @ 5,471.35p
17:01 31 @ 5,480.10p
17:00 400 @ 5,483.10p
16:56 1,544 @ 5,481.22p

BATS Key Personnel

Finance Director Ben Stevens
CEO Nicandro Durante
Chair Richard Burrows

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