Insider Buying: British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Insider Buys 5 Shares of Stock

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Soraya Benchikh acquired 5 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 2nd. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 2,727 ($36.48) per share, with a total value of £136.35 ($182.38).

British American Tobacco Stock Down 0.1 %

LON:BATS opened at GBX 2,681 ($35.86) on Monday. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a 1-year low of GBX 2,228.78 ($29.81) and a 1-year high of GBX 2,994 ($40.05). The company has a 50-day moving average of GBX 2,807.72 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 2,551.52. The firm has a market cap of £59.25 billion, a PE ratio of -431.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.14, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.47.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 19th will be given a dividend of GBX 58.88 ($0.79) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 2.54%. This is a positive change from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $57.72. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 19th. British American Tobacco’s dividend payout ratio is presently -3,794.21%.

British American Tobacco Company Profile

British American Tobacco p.l.c. engages in the provision of tobacco and nicotine products to consumers worldwide. It also offers vapour, heated, and modern oral nicotine products; combustible cigarettes; and traditional oral products, such as snus and moist snuff. The company offers its products under the Vuse, glo, Velo, Grizzly, Kodiak, Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Rothmans, Camel, Natural American Spirit, Newport, Vogue, Viceroy, Kool, Peter Stuyvesant, Craven A, State Express 555 and Shuang Xi brands.