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

Company Overview

Imperial Tobacco Group plc, now known as Imperial Brands plc, is a United Kingdom-based international tobacco and nicotine company. Its portfolio includes cigarettes, fine-cut tobacco, cigars, rolling papers and other traditional tobacco products, as well as newer products such as vaping devices, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches.

The company’s brands include JPS, West, Gauloises, Davidoff, Golden Virginia, Rizla, Backwoods, Kool and Lambert & Butler, although brand availability varies by market. Imperial Brands serves consumers through a broad international distribution network spanning Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and other regions.

Imperial Tobacco was established in 1901 and expanded through organic growth and acquisitions, including its acquisition of cigar and tobacco producer Altadis in 2008. The company adopted the name Imperial Brands in 2016 to reflect its broader portfolio beyond conventional tobacco products. Stefan Bomhard has served as the company’s chief executive since 2020.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $34.22 to $34.46
• 50-Day Range: $33.04 to $39.10
• 52-Week Range: $33.01 to $45.60
• Volume: 301,850 shs
• Average Volume: 329,853 shs
• Market Capitalization: $26.18 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 6.31%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Imperial Tobacco Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Imperial Tobacco Group scored higher than 41% 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: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Imperial Tobacco Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.71%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Imperial Tobacco Group are expected to grow by 8.71% in the coming year, from $4.48 to $4.87 per share.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Imperial Tobacco Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.88. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Imperial Tobacco Group has a P/B Ratio of 3.90. 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

0.00% of the float of Imperial Tobacco Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Imperial Tobacco Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.05, 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 65.57%, 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 6.41%, 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 44.35% next year. This indicates that Imperial Tobacco Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.50

News Sentiment

Imperial Tobacco Group has a news sentiment score of -0.50. 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 0.69 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 0 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for IMBBY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

10 people have added Imperial Tobacco Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 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

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

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

Company Calendar

• Today: 9/15/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/17/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Tobacco
• Sub-Industry: Tobacco
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:IMBBY
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:IMBBY
• CIK: 1072670
• Web: www.imperialbrandsplc.com
• Phone: 441179636636
• Fax: 44-0-11-7933-7422
• Employees: 25,100
• Year Founded: 1901

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 7.64
• P/E Growth: 0.88
• 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: 1.88
• Current Ratio: 0.70
• Quick Ratio: 0.31

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $42.02 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.62
• Cash Flow: $5.51 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.21
• Book Value: $8.78 per share
• Price / Book: 3.90

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 764,600,000
• Free Float: 756,959,000
• Market Cap: $26.18 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.28