Imperial Tobacco Group (IMBBY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Imperial Brands PLC, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, imports, markets, and sells tobacco and tobacco-related products in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. It offers a range of cigarettes, tobacco accessories, vapour, heated tobacco, and oral nicotine. The company sells its products under various brands, including JPS, Davidoff, Gauloises, West, Winston, Kool, Lambert & Butler, Fortuna, Nobel, News, Backwoods, Champion, Golden Virginia, Rizla, Blu, Pulze, Skruf, and Zone X. In addition, it engages in the distribution of tobacco and NGP products for tobacco and NGP product manufacturers; and various non-tobacco and NGP products and services. Further, the company is involved in the management of a golf course; distribution of pharmaceuticals, POS software, and published materials and other products; printing and publishing activities; and provision of long haul transportation, industrial parcel and express delivery, pharmaceutical products logistics, advertising, payment, and support management services, as well as owns the trademarks; and retails its products. Additionally, it engages in distribution of books; waste management, leaf processing related activities. Furthermore, the company is involved in research and development of e-vapour products. The company was formerly known as Imperial Tobacco Group PLC and changed its name to Imperial Brands PLC in February 2016. Imperial Brands PLC was founded in 1636 and is based in Bristol, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $39.01 to $39.36
• 50-Day Range: $37.50 to $39.93
• 52-Week Range: $26.50 to $42.43
• Volume: 103,985 shs
• Average Volume: 253,715 shs
• Market Capitalization: $31.93 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 5.48%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Imperial Tobacco Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Imperial Tobacco Group scored higher than 39% 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: N/A
• Analyst Rating: N/A

Consensus Rating

There is not enough analysis data for Imperial Tobacco Group.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 12.22%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Imperial Tobacco Group are expected to grow by 12.22% in the coming year, from $4.09 to $4.59 per share.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Imperial Tobacco Group has a PEG Ratio of 1.16. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Imperial Tobacco Group has a P/B Ratio of 4.34. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.01% of the outstanding shares of Imperial Tobacco Group have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Imperial Tobacco Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Imperial Tobacco Group has recently increased by 29.22%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Imperial Tobacco Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.50%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Imperial Tobacco Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 46.84% next year. This indicates that Imperial Tobacco Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.01% of the outstanding shares of Imperial Tobacco Group have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Imperial Tobacco Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Imperial Tobacco Group has recently increased by 29.22%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.12

News Sentiment

Imperial Tobacco Group has a news sentiment score of 1.12. 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 0.63 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Imperial Tobacco Group this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

4 people have searched for IMBBY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 33% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Imperial Tobacco Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.00% of the stock of Imperial Tobacco Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 0.02% of the stock of Imperial Tobacco Group is held by institutions.

IMBBY Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have IMBBY shares performed this year?

Imperial Tobacco Group's stock was trading at $32.05 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, IMBBY shares have increased by 22.3% and is now trading at $39.21.

Does Imperial Tobacco Group have any subsidiaries?

Imperial Tobacco Group subsidiaries include Nerudia Ltd, Barjan – Mistic Electronic Cigarettes Brand, Skruf Snus, Lignum-2, Commonwealth Brands, Davidoff, Gunnar Stenberg, and others.

How do I buy shares of Imperial Tobacco Group?

Shares of IMBBY 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.

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 7/7 Dividend: 5/23/2025
• Record date for 7/7 Dividend: 5/26/2025
• Dividend Payable: 7/07/2025
• Today: 8/03/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: TOBACCO
• Sub-Industry: Tobacco Products
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:IMBBY
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:IMBBY
• CIK: 1072670
• Web: www.imperialbrandsplc.com
• Phone: 441179636636
• Fax: 44-0-11-7933-7422
• Employees: 25,600
• Year Founded: 1901

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.59
• P/E Growth: 1.16
• 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: 1.40
• Current Ratio: 0.68
• Quick Ratio: 0.30

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $41.10 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.78
• Cash Flow: $4.83 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.11
• Book Value: $9.03 per share
• Price / Book: 4.34

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 814,390,000
• Free Float: 806,246,000
• Market Cap: $31.93 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.51