British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Insider Tadeu Marroco Purchases 601 Shares

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Tadeu Marroco purchased 601 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, May 9th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 3,296 ($43.79) per share, with a total value of £19,808.96 ($26,320.70).

Tadeu Marroco also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, April 1st, Tadeu Marroco sold 31,544 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 3,182 ($42.28), for a total transaction of £1,003,730.08 ($1,333,683.34).
• On Wednesday, March 26th, Tadeu Marroco sold 9,555 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 3,136 ($41.67), for a total transaction of £299,644.80 ($398,146.16).
• On Wednesday, March 5th, Tadeu Marroco purchased 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 3,074 ($40.85) per share, with a total value of £153.70 ($204.23).

British American Tobacco Trading Down 3.3%

British American Tobacco stock traded down GBX 105.32 ($1.40) during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting GBX 3,086 ($41.00). The company’s stock had a trading volume of 5,758,867 shares, compared to its average volume of 13,970,739. The stock has a market cap of £67.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. The business has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 3,162.05 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 3,027.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.63, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.47. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a 12 month low of GBX 2,228.78 ($29.61) and a 12 month high of GBX 3,416 ($45.39).

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported GBX 364.30 ($4.84) EPS for the quarter. British American Tobacco had a negative net margin of 52.84% and a negative return on equity of 25.94%. As a group, analysts forecast that British American Tobacco p.l.c. will post 361.5079365 EPS for the current year.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 2nd will be paid a dividend of GBX 60.06 ($0.80) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 1.9%. This is an increase from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $58.88. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 2nd. British American Tobacco’s dividend payout ratio is -38.08%.

About British American Tobacco

BAT was founded in 1902 and was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1912. A constituent of the FTSE 100 since its creation in 1984, we have evolved, becoming the only truly global company in our sector.

BAT is transforming and is well positioned with a global footprint and multi-category portfolio.