British American Tobacco (BATS)

Sector:

Tobacco

Index:

FTSE 100

2,920.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -128.50p
  • 52 Week High: 3,507.00
  • 52 Week Low: 2,382.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 2,294.22m
  • Volume: 2,978,331
  • Market Cap: £66,991m
  • RiskGrade: 168

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% 6.9%
Div Cover 1.5 1.5
Op Mrgn 34.8% 39.2%
ROCE 116.4%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 9.0 9.2
PEG 1.0 4.5
Pr/Revenue 2.6 2.7
Pr/Book 1.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 5.7% -0.0%
PBT -5.3% 28.3%
EPS 9.1% 2.1%
DPS 3.6% 3.0%

BATS Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
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%
31-Dec-19 25,877.00 7,912.00 324.80p 9.9 1.1 +9% 210.40p 6.5%

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-20 25,876.69 10,152.41 331.74p 8.8 4.1 +2% 216.74p 6.9%
31-Dec-21 27,050.75 10,923.90 354.65p 8.2 1.2 +7% 231.54p 7.4%

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BATS Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 08-Jul-2020 14:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 06-Jul-2020 16:00 RNS
Block listing Interim Review 02-Jul-2020 16:00 RNS

BATS ShareCast News

Tuesday broker round-up 07-Jul-2020 ShareCast
Monday broker round-up 29-Jun-2020 ShareCast
Wednesday broker round-up 10-Jun-2020 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
01-Jul-20 Buy Tadeu Marroco 3,093.00p 5 £154.65
09-Jun-20 Sell Tadeu Marroco 3,003.00p 7,069 £212,282.07
09-Jun-20 Exercise of option Tadeu Marroco 0.000p 14,755 £0.00

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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 2,920.00p
Change Today -128.50p
% Change -4.22 %
52 Week High 3,507.00
52 Week Low 2,382.00
Volume 2,978,331
Shares Issued 2,294.22m
Market Cap £66,991m
RiskGrade 168

BATS Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value Not Available
Price Trend
1.78% above the market average1.78% above the market average1.78% above the market average1.78% above the market average1.78% 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
93.31% above the market average93.31% above the market average93.31% above the market average93.31% above the market average93.31% 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
18.99% above the market average18.99% above the market average18.99% above the market average18.99% above the market average18.99% 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 3
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 20
strong_buy
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BATS Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Q4 Q3
Ex-Div 17-Dec-20 01-Oct-20
Paid 03-Feb-21 12-Nov-20
Amount 52.60p 52.60p

Trades for 09-Jul-2020

Time Volume / Share Price
16:39 600 @ 2,920.00p
16:39 5,000 @ 2,920.00p
16:39 200 @ 2,920.00p
16:39 800 @ 2,920.00p
16:39 300 @ 2,920.00p

BATS Key Personnel

Chair Richard Burrows
CEO Jack Bowles
Finance Director Tadeu Marroco

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