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British American Tobacco (BTI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$56.19 -0.58 (-1.02%)
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About British American Tobacco Stock (NYSE:BTI)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$55.69
$56.24
50-Day Range
$46.67
$59.25
52-Week Range
$34.17
$59.29
Volume
1.86 million shs
Average Volume
5.67 million shs
Market Capitalization
$115.74 billion
P/E Ratio
11.55
Dividend Yield
5.25%
Price Target
$40.00
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

British American Tobacco Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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39th Percentile Overall Score

BTI MarketRank™: 

British American Tobacco scored higher than 39% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 113th out of 151 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    British American Tobacco has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.60, and is based on 4 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    British American Tobacco has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about British American Tobacco's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for British American Tobacco are expected to grow by 6.40% in the coming year, from $4.69 to $4.99 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of British American Tobacco is 11.66, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.63.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of British American Tobacco is 11.66, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 18.38.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    British American Tobacco has a PEG Ratio of 2.31. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    British American Tobacco has a P/B Ratio of 1.86. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.37% of the float of British American Tobacco has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    British American Tobacco has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in British American Tobacco has recently increased by 6.79%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Leadership

    British American Tobacco is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.49%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

  • Dividend Growth

    British American Tobacco does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of British American Tobacco is 64.68%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, British American Tobacco will have a dividend payout ratio of 63.13% next year. This indicates that British American Tobacco will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about British American Tobacco's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.37% of the float of British American Tobacco has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    British American Tobacco has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in British American Tobacco has recently increased by 6.79%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    British American Tobacco has a news sentiment score of 1.21. 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 higher news sentiment than the 1.00 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for British American Tobacco this week, compared to 12 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 29 people have searched for BTI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -3% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 9 people have added British American Tobacco to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, British American Tobacco insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.03% of the stock of British American Tobacco is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    Only 16.16% of the stock of British American Tobacco is held by institutions.

  • Read more about British American Tobacco's insider trading history.
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BTI Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

British American Tobacco's stock was trading at $36.32 at the start of the year. Since then, BTI shares have increased by 56.3% and is now trading at $56.7610.

British American Tobacco's stock split on the morning of Tuesday, February 14th 2017.The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, January 13th 2017. The newly minted shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Monday, February 13th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

The following companies are subsidiaries of British American Tobacco: CN Creative, Reynolds American, Winnington, Ten Motives, TDR, CHIC, Productora Tabacalera de Colombia, and others.

Top institutional shareholders of British American Tobacco include Orbis Allan Gray Ltd (0.70%), Bank of America Corp DE (0.26%), Federated Hermes Inc. (0.17%) and Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership (0.16%).

Shares of BTI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that British American Tobacco investors own include Verizon Communications (VZ), Humana (HUM), American Water Works (AWK), Waste Connections (WCN), The RMR Group (RMR), AU Optronics (AUOTY) and Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR).

Company Calendar

Ex-Dividend for 8/6 Dividend
6/27/2025
Record date for 8/6 Dividend
6/30/2025
Dividend Payable
8/06/2025
Today
8/28/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
TOBACCO
Sub-Industry
Tobacco Products
Current Symbol
NYSE:BTI
Previous Symbol
NYSEMKT:BTI
CIK
1303523
Employees
48,000
Year Founded
1902

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$40.00
Low Price Target
$40.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-29.5%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.60
Research Coverage
5 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
N/A
Trailing P/E Ratio
11.66
Forward P/E Ratio
12.10
P/E Growth
2.31
Net Income
N/A
Net Margins
N/A
Pretax Margin
N/A
Return on Equity
N/A
Return on Assets
N/A

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.68
Current Ratio
0.87
Quick Ratio
0.55

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$33.06 billion
Price / Sales
3.54
Cash Flow
$6.39 per share
Price / Cash Flow
8.88
Book Value
$30.59 per share
Price / Book
1.86

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
2,059,750,000
Free Float
2,059,132,000
Market Cap
$116.91 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.38

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This page (NYSE:BTI) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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