British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Insider Soraya Benchikh Acquires 5 Shares

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Soraya Benchikh acquired 5 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 2nd. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 2,727 ($36.48) per share, with a total value of £136.35 ($182.38).

British American Tobacco Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of BATS stock opened at GBX 2,681 ($35.86) on Friday. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a fifty-two week low of GBX 2,228.78 ($29.81) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 2,994 ($40.05). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.14, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a current ratio of 0.88. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 2,807.72 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 2,551.52. The company has a market cap of £59.25 billion, a P/E ratio of -431.03, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, December 19th will be given a dividend of GBX 58.88 ($0.79) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 2.54%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 19th. This is an increase from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $57.72. British American Tobacco’s payout ratio is presently -3,794.21%.

About British American Tobacco

British American Tobacco p.l.c. engages in the provision of tobacco and nicotine products to consumers worldwide. It also offers vapour, heated, and modern oral nicotine products; combustible cigarettes; and traditional oral products, such as snus and moist snuff. The company offers its products under the Vuse, glo, Velo, Grizzly, Kodiak, Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Rothmans, Camel, Natural American Spirit, Newport, Vogue, Viceroy, Kool, Peter Stuyvesant, Craven A, State Express 555 and Shuang Xi brands.