British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Insider Buys 4 Shares of Stock

Key Points

• BAT insider Luciano Comin purchased 4 shares at GBX 4,020 each, for a total transaction value of £160.80.
• Shares opened at GBX 4,179, with a 52-week range of GBX 3,677 to GBX 5,368 and a market capitalization of approximately £89.92 billion.
• Analysts maintain a “Moderate Buy” consensus with an average price target of GBX 4,875; targets range from GBX 3,800 to GBX 5,600.

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS - Get Free Report) insider Luciano Comin bought 4 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 7th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 4,020 per share, for a total transaction of £160.80.

British American Tobacco Price Performance

Shares of LON:BATS opened at GBX 4,179 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of £89.92 billion, a PE ratio of 14.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 72.48, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a current ratio of 0.84. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a 52 week low of GBX 3,677 and a 52 week high of GBX 5,368. The firm's fifty day moving average is GBX 4,179.54 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 4,388.35.

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The company reported GBX 203.60 EPS for the quarter. British American Tobacco had a return on equity of 13.38% and a net margin of 24.99%. Sell-side analysts predict that British American Tobacco p.l.c. will post 361.5079365 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have weighed in on BATS. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 5,100 price objective on shares of British American Tobacco in a research note on Thursday, October 1st. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price target on shares of British American Tobacco from GBX 5,500 to GBX 5,600 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, October 1st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price objective on shares of British American Tobacco from GBX 3,600 to GBX 3,800 and gave the stock an "underperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of GBX 4,875.

British American Tobacco Company Profile

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. Our corporate purpose is to build A Better Tomorrow™, reducing the health impact of our business, by offering adult consumers a greater choice of enjoyable and less risky*† products compared to cigarettes.

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