British American Tobacco (BATS)

Sector:

Tobacco

Index:

FTSE 100

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4,929.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      21.50p
  • 52 Week High: 5,643.00
  • 52 Week Low: 4,258.50
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 2,293.51m
  • Volume: 2,036,077
  • Market Cap: £113,047m
  • RiskGrade: 136

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 3.4% 3.3%
Div Cover 1.5 1.6
Op Mrgn 31.6% 36.8%
ROCE 40.9%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 19.8 17.2
PEG 1.0 1.3
Pr/Revenue 7.7 5.4
Pr/Book 13.4  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 12.6% 39.3%
PBT 6.7% 21.0%
EPS 18.9% 13.5%
DPS 10.0% 6.9%

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 20,543.60 7,555.55 281.88p 17.5 1.3 +14% 181.08p 3.3%
31-Dec-18 27,331.99 10,093.48 307.93p 16.0 1.7 +9% 195.98p 3.6%

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BATS Company Announcements

Publication of Final Terms 14-Aug-2017 15:03 RNS
Publication of Listing Particulars 09-Aug-2017 12:20 RNS
US Bond Issue by B.A.T Capital Corporation 09-Aug-2017 09:33 RNS

BATS ShareCast News

FTSE 100 movers: British American to light-up de... 08-Aug-2017 ShareCast
Thursday broker round-up 03-Aug-2017 ShareCast
SFO opens bribery investigation into British Ame... 01-Aug-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
02-Aug-17 Buy Naresh Sethi 4,815.50p 3 £144.46
02-Aug-17 Buy Tadeu Marroco 4,815.50p 3 £144.46
02-Aug-17 Buy Giovanni Giordano 4,815.50p 3 £144.46

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 4,929.00p
Change Today 21.50p
% Change 0.44 %
52 Week High 5,643.00
52 Week Low 4,258.50
Volume 2,036,077
Shares Issued 2,293.51m
Market Cap £113,047m
RiskGrade 136

BATS Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
72.53% below the market average72.53% below the market average72.53% below the market average72.53% below the market average72.53% 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
9.01% below the market average9.01% below the market average9.01% below the market average9.01% below the market average9.01% 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
32.82% above the market average32.82% above the market average32.82% above the market average32.82% above the market average32.82% 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
10.59% above the market average10.59% above the market average10.59% above the market average10.59% above the market average10.59% 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 5
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 18
buy
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BATS Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 17-Aug-17 16-Mar-17
Paid 28-Sep-17 04-May-17
Amount 56.50p 118.10p

Trades for 16-Aug-2017

Time Volume / Share Price
17:03 22,742 @ 4,940.76p
17:03 4,834 @ 4,926.72p
16:54 1,589 @ 4,928.65p
16:54 1,692 @ 4,928.65p
16:54 3,421 @ 4,930.01p

BATS Key Personnel

Finance Director Ben Stevens
CEO Nicandro Durante
Chair Richard Burrows

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