British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Hits New 1-Year High – What’s Next?

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) hit a new 52-week high on Tuesday . The company traded as high as GBX 2,995 ($37.62) and last traded at GBX 2,994 ($37.60), with a volume of 23567662 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 2,971 ($37.31).

British American Tobacco Stock Performance

The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 2,764.22 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 2,646.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.14, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.47. The stock has a market cap of £66.04 billion, a P/E ratio of -477.65, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, December 19th will be paid a dividend of GBX 58.88 ($0.74) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 19th. This is a positive change from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $57.72. This represents a yield of 2.54%. British American Tobacco’s dividend payout ratio is currently -3,794.21%.

Insider Transactions at British American Tobacco

In related news, insider Tadeu Marroco purchased 48 shares of British American Tobacco stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 1st. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 2,716 ($34.11) per share, with a total value of £1,303.68 ($1,637.38). Insiders have purchased 63 shares of company stock valued at $172,478 over the last three months. Company insiders own 10.55% of the company’s stock.

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.