LON:BATS - British American Tobacco Plc Ads Share Price, Forecast & News

British American Tobacco Plc Ads' stock was trading at GBX 2,883 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BATS stock has decreased by 10.2% and is now trading at GBX 2,588. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for British American Tobacco Plc Ads in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for British American Tobacco Plc Ads.

British American Tobacco Plc Ads announced a dividend on Thursday, February 27th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 26th will be paid a dividend of GBX 52.60 per share on Wednesday, May 13th. This represents a yield of 1.66%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 26th. This is a boost from British American Tobacco Plc Ads's previous dividend of $50.75. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. View British American Tobacco Plc Ads' dividend history.

14 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for British American Tobacco Plc Ads' shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 2,200 to GBX 4,800. On average, they anticipate British American Tobacco Plc Ads' stock price to reach GBX 3,666.43 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 41.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for British American Tobacco Plc Ads.

Media coverage about BATS stock has trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. British American Tobacco Plc Ads earned a news sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutBritish American Tobacco Plc Ads.

Some companies that are related to British American Tobacco Plc Ads include Imperial Brands (IMB), Fyolo Technology (AHII), Japan Tobacco (JAPAF), Slang Worldwide (SLGWF), Smokefree Innotec (SFIO), Standard Diversified (SDOIB), SWEDISH MATCH A/ADR (SWMAY), Swedish Match (SWMAF), Vapor Group (VPOR) and VPR Brands (VPRB).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other British American Tobacco Plc Ads investors own include British American Tobacco (BTI), Reynolds American (RAI), Imperial Brands (IMB), Vodafone Group (VOD), BP (BP), Glencore (GLEN), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Unilever (ULVR) and AstraZeneca (AZN).

British American Tobacco Plc Ads 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.

One share of BATS stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 2,588.

British American Tobacco Plc Ads has a market capitalization of £59.37 billion and generates £25.88 billion in revenue each year. British American Tobacco Plc Ads employs 65,593 workers across the globe. View additional information about British American Tobacco Plc Ads.

The official website for British American Tobacco Plc Ads is http://www.bat.com/.

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