British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Insider Acquires 3 Shares of Stock

Posted by Francis Steltz on Sep 3rd, 2026

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS – Get Free Report) insider Tadeu Marroco acquired 3 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 2nd. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 4,130 per share, for a total transaction of £123.90.

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

On Monday, August 17th, Tadeu Marroco purchased 377 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 4,214 per share, for a total transaction of £15,886.78.
On Wednesday, August 5th, Tadeu Marroco acquired 4 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 4,386 per share, with a total value of £175.44.
On Wednesday, July 1st, Tadeu Marroco acquired 3 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 4,563 per share, with a total value of £136.89.
On Friday, June 5th, Tadeu Marroco bought 5,000 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 4,306 per share, for a total transaction of £215,300.

British American Tobacco Stock Performance

British American Tobacco stock traded up GBX 2 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting GBX 4,128. 15,197,488 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 9,071,318. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 4,419.59 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 4,447.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 72.48, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a current ratio of 0.84. The firm has a market capitalization of £89.04 billion, a PE ratio of 14.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.12. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a fifty-two week low of GBX 3,677 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 5,368.

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The company reported GBX 203.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. British American Tobacco had a return on equity of 13.38% and a net margin of 24.99%. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that British American Tobacco p.l.c. will post 361.5079365 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 5,100 price target on shares of British American Tobacco in a report on Friday, July 31st. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 5,750 price objective on shares of British American Tobacco in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on shares of British American Tobacco from GBX 3,600 to GBX 3,800 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group raised their target price on British American Tobacco from GBX 5,200 to GBX 5,500 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 23rd. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 4,858.33.

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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. Our corporate purpose is to build A Better Tomorrow™, reducing the health impact of our business, by offering adult consumers a greater choice of enjoyable and less risky*† products compared to cigarettes.