British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Insider Tadeu Marroco Buys 6 Shares

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS - Get Free Report) insider Tadeu Marroco purchased 6 shares of British American Tobacco stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 1st. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 2,347 ($29.48) per share, with a total value of £140.82 ($176.89).

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

• On Wednesday, April 3rd, Tadeu Marroco purchased 7 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 2,401 ($30.16) per share, with a total value of £168.07 ($211.12).
• On Wednesday, March 6th, Tadeu Marroco bought 6 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 2,293 ($28.80) per share, with a total value of £137.58 ($172.82).
• On Wednesday, February 7th, Tadeu Marroco purchased 7 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 2,341 ($29.41) per share, for a total transaction of £163.87 ($205.84).

British American Tobacco Price Performance

British American Tobacco stock traded up GBX 22 ($0.28) on Thursday, reaching GBX 2,371 ($29.78). The company's stock had a trading volume of 3,479,747 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,688,074. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 75.41, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a current ratio of 0.90. The company has a market cap of £52.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -366.46, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.25. The business's fifty day moving average price is GBX 2,346.32 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 2,384.19. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a twelve month low of GBX 2,233 ($28.05) and a twelve month high of GBX 2,904 ($36.48).

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 26th will be paid a dividend of GBX 58.88 ($0.74) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 2.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 26th. This is a positive change from British American Tobacco's previous dividend of $57.72. British American Tobacco's dividend payout ratio is -3,647.60%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group restated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 3,300 ($41.45) price objective on shares of British American Tobacco in a research report on Monday, April 22nd.

British American Tobacco Company Profile

British American Tobacco p.l.c. engages in the provision of tobacco and nicotine products to consumers worldwide. It also offers vapour, heated, and modern oral nicotine products; combustible cigarettes; and traditional oral products, such as snus and moist snuff. The company offers its products under the Vuse, glo, Velo, Grizzly, Kodiak, Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Rothmans, Camel, Natural American Spirit, Newport, Vogue, Viceroy, Kool, Peter Stuyvesant, Craven A, State Express 555 and Shuang Xi brands.