British American Tobacco Share Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for British American Tobacco in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" British American Tobacco stock.
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British American Tobacco's stock was trading at GBX 2,883 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BATS stock has decreased by 7.6% and is now trading at GBX 2,663.50.
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British American Tobacco declared a dividend on Wednesday, February 17th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 30th will be paid a dividend of GBX 53.90 per share on Thursday, November 11th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 30th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.
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British American Tobacco pays an annual dividend of GBX 2.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 8.11%. BATS has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio of British American Tobacco is 0.78%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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10 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for British American Tobacco's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 3,200 to GBX 4,100. On average, they expect British American Tobacco's share price to reach GBX 3,568.44 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.0% from the stock's current price.
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Some companies that are related to British American Tobacco include Imperial Brands (IMB), Electronic Cigarettes International Group (ECIG), American Heritage International (AHII), British American Tobacco (BTAFF), Empower Clinics (TAAT), Japan Tobacco (JAPAF), SLANG Worldwide (SLGWF), Smokefree Innotec (SFIO), Standard Diversified (SDOIB), Swedish Match AB (publ) (SWMAF), Vapor Group (VPOR) and VPR Brands (VPRB).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other British American Tobacco investors own include British American Tobacco (BTI), Ra International Group (RAI), Imperial Brands (IMB), BP (BP), Vodafone Group (VOD), Glencore (GLEN), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB), AstraZeneca (AZN), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB).

British American Tobacco trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "BATS."

Shares of BATS and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.
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One share of BATS stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 2,663.50.

British American Tobacco has a market capitalization of £61.12 billion and generates £25.68 billion in revenue each year.

British American Tobacco employs 56,689 workers across the globe.

The official website for British American Tobacco is www.bat.com.

British American Tobacco is headquartered at Globe House, 4 Temple Place, LONDON, WC2R 2PG, United Kingdom.

British American Tobacco's mailing address is Globe House, 4 Temple Place, LONDON, WC2R 2PG, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-20-78452000.