British American Tobacco (BTI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (NYSE:BTI) is a multinational consumer goods company focused on nicotine and tobacco products. Its portfolio includes traditional cigarettes, heated tobacco products, vapor products and modern oral nicotine products, including nicotine pouches. The company markets products under brands such as Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Rothmans and Vuse, with additional brands varying by market.

Founded in 1902 through the combination of the Imperial Tobacco Company and the American Tobacco Company, British American Tobacco has developed into an international business serving markets across the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. Its operations include product development, manufacturing, marketing and distribution, and are subject to extensive regulation in the jurisdictions where it operates.

British American Tobacco is headquartered in London. Tadeu Marroco has served as the company’s chief executive officer since May 2023. The company has been expanding its portfolio beyond conventional cigarettes through its “new categories,” including vaping, heated tobacco and oral nicotine products, while continuing to operate its established combustible tobacco business.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $53.44 to $54.09
• 50-Day Range: $52.62 to $61.68
• 52-Week Range: $49.88 to $67.30
• Volume: 3.56 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.37 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $109.24 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 6.12%
• Price Target: $68.10
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

British American Tobacco Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

British American Tobacco scored higher than 94% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 11th out of 167 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

British American Tobacco has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.71, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 6 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

British American Tobacco has a consensus price target of $68.10, representing about 26.4% upside from its current price of $53.88.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

British American Tobacco has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.90%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for British American Tobacco are expected to grow by 7.90% in the coming year, from $4.81 to $5.19 per share.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

British American Tobacco has a PEG Ratio of 1.60. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

British American Tobacco has a P/B Ratio of 1.74. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.13% of the float of British American Tobacco has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

British American Tobacco has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.42, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in British American Tobacco has recently decreased by 5.03%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

British American Tobacco is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.22%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

British American Tobacco does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, British American Tobacco will have a dividend payout ratio of 63.58% next year. This indicates that British American Tobacco will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.00

News Sentiment

British American Tobacco has a news sentiment score of 1.00. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.46 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for British American Tobacco this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

17 people have searched for BTI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 13% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

37 people have added British American Tobacco to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 517% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, British American Tobacco insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.03% of the stock of British American Tobacco is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

16.16% of the stock of British American Tobacco is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 8/19 Dividend: 7/10/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/19 Dividend: 7/10/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/29/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/19/2026
• Record date for 11/12 Dividend: 10/02/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 11/12 Dividend: 10/02/2026
• Today: 10/07/2026
• Dividend Payable: 11/12/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Tobacco
• Sub-Industry: Tobacco
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BTI
• Previous Symbol: NYSEMKT:BTI
• CIK: 1303523
• Web: www.bat.com
• Phone: 442078451000
• Fax: 44-20-7240-0555
• Employees: 47,797
• Year Founded: 1902

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for British American Tobacco: $68.10
• High Price Target: $68.10
• Low Price Target: $68.10
• Potential Upside/Downside: +26.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.71
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.20
• P/E Growth: 1.6
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.64
• Current Ratio: 0.84
• Quick Ratio: 0.50

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $33.77 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.24
• Cash Flow: $6.74 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.00
• Book Value: $31.02 per share
• Price / Book: 1.74

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,027,340,000
• Free Float: 2,026,728,000
• Market Cap: $109.24 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.29