British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Stock Rating Reaffirmed by Jefferies Financial Group

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "buy" rating reissued by research analysts at Jefferies Financial Group in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, Marketbeat Ratings reports. They presently have a GBX 3,300 ($40.76) price target on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group's price target would suggest a potential upside of 39.83% from the company's current price.

British American Tobacco Stock Performance

LON:BATS traded up GBX 50 ($0.62) on Monday, reaching GBX 2,360 ($29.15). 3,319,480 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,783,805. The firm has a market cap of £52.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -364.76, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 75.41, a current ratio of 0.90 and a quick ratio of 0.47. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 2,355.09 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 2,392.56. British American Tobacco has a 52 week low of GBX 2,233 ($27.58) and a 52 week high of GBX 3,022.20 ($37.33).

Insider Buying and Selling

In other British American Tobacco news, insider Karen Guerra acquired 4,150 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 21st. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 2,380 ($29.40) per share, with a total value of £98,770 ($121,998.52). In the last ninety days, insiders acquired 4,170 shares of company stock valued at $9,923,952. Company insiders own 10.49% of the company's stock.

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.