British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS - Get Free Report)'s share price crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 2,979.15 ($40.03) and traded as high as GBX 3,207 ($43.09). British American Tobacco shares last traded at GBX 3,195 ($42.93), with a volume of 7,399,714 shares.
British American Tobacco Price Performance
The company's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 3,130.05 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 2,991.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.63, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a current ratio of 0.88. The company has a market cap of £69.18 billion, a PE ratio of -5.07, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27.
British American Tobacco (LON:BATS - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported GBX 364.30 ($4.89) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. British American Tobacco had a negative return on equity of 25.94% and a negative net margin of 52.84%. On average, sell-side analysts predict that British American Tobacco p.l.c. will post 361.5079365 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
British American Tobacco Increases Dividend
The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 2nd will be issued a GBX 60.06 ($0.81) dividend. This is a boost from British American Tobacco's previous dividend of $58.88. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 2nd. This represents a yield of 1.9%. British American Tobacco's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -38.08%.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other British American Tobacco news, insider Serpil Timuray bought 3,275 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 4th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 3,200 ($42.99) per share, for a total transaction of £104,800 ($140,803.44). Also, insider Tadeu Marroco sold 9,555 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,136 ($42.13), for a total value of £299,644.80 ($402,586.05). Insiders bought 3,285 shares of company stock worth $10,511,575 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 10.55% of the company's stock.
About British American Tobacco
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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.
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