Imperial Brands (IMB) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

We are a global consumer-focused business with a distinctive challenger role in the fast-transforming nicotine products industry. Through our 2030 strategy we are driving a consistent and sustainable performance from our portfolio of combustible products and building scale in smoke-free alternatives. We’re enabling stronger delivery against these priorities by getting closer to our consumers, building differentiated brands and innovating with agility. And we’re developing a high-performance culture and investing in tech and data to make faster. Our disciplined capital allocation framework enables us to continue to invest behind our strategy, while maintaining a strong, efficient balance sheet and delivering enhanced shareholder returns. For more information about Imperial Brands, our transformation, our investment case, our ESG priorities and our brands, visit www.imperialbrandsplc.com

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 2,490 to 2,516
• 50-Day Range: 2,443 to 2,896.60
• 52-Week Range: 2,437 to 3,341
• Volume: 1.35 million shs
• Average Volume: 22.27 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £18.83 billion
• P/E Ratio: 11.71
• Dividend Yield: 6.70%
• Price Target: GBX 3,433.33
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Imperial Brands Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Imperial Brands scored higher than 65% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Imperial Brands has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.71, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Imperial Brands has a consensus price target of GBX 3,433.33, representing about 37.9% upside from its current price of GBX 2,490.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Imperial Brands has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Imperial Brands is 11.71, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.94.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Imperial Brands is 11.71, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 14.07.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Imperial Brands has a PEG Ratio of 16.51. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Imperial Brands has a P/B Ratio of 3.64. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for IMB.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Imperial Brands is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.70%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Imperial Brands does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Imperial Brands is 75.41%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.43

News Sentiment

Imperial Brands has a news sentiment score of 0.43. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.68 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Imperial Brands this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Imperial Brands to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Imperial Brands insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.48% of the stock of Imperial Brands is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

80.91% of the stock of Imperial Brands is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/12/2026
• Today: 9/16/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Tobacco
• Sub-Industry: Tobacco
• Current Symbol: LON:IMB
• Previous Symbol: LON:IMT
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.imperialbrandsplc.com
• Phone: +44-117-9636636
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 25,100
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Imperial Brands: GBX 3,433.33
• High Price Target: GBX 4,200
• Low Price Target: GBX 2,700
• Potential Upside/Downside: +37.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.71
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 212.60
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.71
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.10
• P/E Growth: 16.51
• Net Income: £1.98 billion
• Net Margins: 8.96%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 39.24%
• Return on Assets: 6.92%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 278.43
• Current Ratio: 0.70
• Quick Ratio: 0.41

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £32.29 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.58
• Cash Flow: GBX 235.65 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.57
• Book Value: GBX 683.79 per share
• Price / Book: 3.64

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 756,206,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £18.83 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.13