British American Tobacco (BATS)

Sector:

Tobacco

Index:

FTSE 100

2,663.50p
   
  • Change Today:
    -18.50p
  • 52 Week High: 3,619.00
  • 52 Week Low: 2,375.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 2,293.81m
  • Volume: 3,506,659
  • Market Cap: £61,096m
  • RiskGrade: 140
  • Beta: 0.21

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 7.6% 7.8%
Div Cover 1.5 1.5
Op Mrgn 38.0% 38.0%
ROCE 133.5%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 8.9 8.2
PEG 1.7 0.9
Pr/Revenue 2.5 2.4
Pr/Book 0.9  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 25.2% 6.1%
PBT -71.7% 18.2%
EPS 5.1% 9.4%
DPS 4.0% 3.9%

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 25,993.31 9,867.52 325.71p 8.2 0.9 +9% 210.95p 7.8%
31-Dec-20 27,502.37 10,891.02 351.75p 7.6 1.0 +8% 225.69p 8.3%

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BATS Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 08-Oct-2019 10:45 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 07-Oct-2019 11:00 RNS
Notice of Redemption 03-Oct-2019 15:30 RNS

BATS ShareCast News

Credit Suisse upgrades UK stocks as no-deal Brex... 13-Sep-2019 ShareCast
BAT to axe 2,300 senior jobs; focus on new produ... 12-Sep-2019 ShareCast
British American Tobacco reassures over vaping p... 09-Sep-2019 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-Oct-19 Buy Tadeu Marroco 2,975.00p 5 £148.75
04-Sep-19 Buy Tadeu Marroco 2,939.50p 5 £146.98
15-Aug-19 Buy Dividends Savio Kwan 3,107.54p 111 £3,449.36

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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 2,663.50p
Change Today -18.50p
% Change -0.69 %
52 Week High 3,619.00
52 Week Low 2,375.00
Volume 3,506,659
Shares Issued 2,293.81m
Market Cap £61,096m
Beta 0.21
RiskGrade 140

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
57.84% below the market average57.84% below the market average57.84% below the market average57.84% below the market average57.84% 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
92.33% above the market average92.33% above the market average92.33% above the market average92.33% above the market average92.33% 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
56.10% above the market average56.10% above the market average56.10% above the market average56.10% above the market average56.10% 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 0
Neutral 4
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 18-Oct-2019

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 1,410,798 @ 2,663.50p
16:29 29 @ 2,671.50p
16:29 6 @ 2,671.00p
16:29 6 @ 2,671.00p
16:29 316 @ 2,671.00p

BATS Key Personnel

Chair Richard Burrows
CEO Jack Bowles
Finance Director Tadeu Marroco

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