British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Insider Tadeu Marroco Buys 601 Shares

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS - Get Free Report) insider Tadeu Marroco bought 601 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 9th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 3,296 ($43.73) per share, with a total value of £19,808.96 ($26,278.80).

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

• On Monday, May 12th, Tadeu Marroco bought 206 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 3,379 ($44.83) per share, with a total value of £6,960.74 ($9,234.20).
• On Tuesday, April 1st, Tadeu Marroco sold 31,544 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 3,182 ($42.21), for a total value of £1,003,730.08 ($1,331,560.20).
• On Wednesday, March 26th, Tadeu Marroco sold 9,555 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 3,136 ($41.60), for a total value of £299,644.80 ($397,512.34).
• On Wednesday, March 5th, Tadeu Marroco acquired 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 3,074 ($40.78) per share, with a total value of £153.70 ($203.90).

British American Tobacco Stock Performance

BATS stock traded up GBX 52 ($0.69) on Thursday, reaching GBX 3,077 ($40.82). The company's stock had a trading volume of 20,301,266 shares, compared to its average volume of 13,870,271. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a 52 week low of GBX 2,228.78 ($29.57) and a 52 week high of GBX 3,416 ($45.32). The company has a market capitalization of £67.70 billion, a P/E ratio of -4.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. The firm has a fifty day moving average of GBX 3,159.19 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 3,032.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.63, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.47.

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported GBX 364.30 ($4.83) 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%. As a group, analysts predict that British American Tobacco p.l.c. will post 361.5079365 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.