British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Insider Acquires £6,960.74 in Stock

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Tadeu Marroco purchased 206 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 12th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 3,379 ($44.97) per share, with a total value of £6,960.74 ($9,263.69).

Tadeu Marroco also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, May 9th, Tadeu Marroco purchased 601 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 3,296 ($43.86) per share, with a total value of £19,808.96 ($26,362.74).
• On Tuesday, April 1st, Tadeu Marroco sold 31,544 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,182 ($42.35), for a total transaction of £1,003,730.08 ($1,335,813.26).
• On Wednesday, March 26th, Tadeu Marroco sold 9,555 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,136 ($41.74), for a total transaction of £299,644.80 ($398,782.01).
• On Wednesday, March 5th, Tadeu Marroco purchased 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 3,074 ($40.91) per share, with a total value of £153.70 ($204.55).

British American Tobacco Stock Performance

British American Tobacco stock opened at GBX 3,027.03 ($40.29) on Wednesday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 3,161.44 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 3,030.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.63, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a current ratio of 0.88. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a fifty-two week low of GBX 2,228.78 ($29.66) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 3,416 ($45.46). The company has a market capitalization of £66.60 billion, a PE ratio of -4.88, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27.

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported GBX 364.30 ($4.85) earnings per share for the quarter. British American Tobacco had a negative net margin of 52.84% and a negative return on equity of 25.94%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that British American Tobacco p.l.c. will post 361.5079365 earnings per share for the current year.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 2nd will be issued a dividend of GBX 60.06 ($0.80) per share. This represents a yield of 1.9%. This is a positive change from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $58.88. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 2nd. British American Tobacco’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -38.08%.

About British American Tobacco

BAT was founded in 1902 and was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1912. A constituent of the FTSE 100 since its creation in 1984, we have evolved, becoming the only truly global company in our sector.

BAT is transforming and is well positioned with a global footprint and multi-category portfolio.