Tadeu Marroco Sells 31,544 Shares of British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Stock

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Tadeu Marroco sold 31,544 shares of British American Tobacco stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,182 ($41.05), for a total value of £1,003,730.08 ($1,294,801.44).

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

• 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 ($40.45), for a total value of £299,644.80 ($386,538.70).
• On Wednesday, March 5th, Tadeu Marroco purchased 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 3,074 ($39.65) per share, for a total transaction of £153.70 ($198.27).

British American Tobacco Trading Down 2.5 %

LON:BATS opened at GBX 3,101 ($40.00) on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of £68.22 billion, a P/E ratio of -5.00, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. 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 one year low of GBX 2,228.78 ($28.75) and a one year high of GBX 3,416 ($44.07). The company’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 3,150.67 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 2,953.26.

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported GBX 364.30 ($4.70) EPS for the quarter. British American Tobacco had a negative return on equity of 25.94% and a negative net margin of 52.84%. As a group, analysts forecast that British American Tobacco p.l.c. will post 361.5079365 EPS for the current fiscal year.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 2nd will be given a dividend of GBX 60.06 ($0.77) per share. This represents a yield of 1.9%. This is an increase from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $58.88. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 2nd. British American Tobacco’s dividend payout ratio is -38.08%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 2,800 ($36.12) price objective on shares of British American Tobacco in a report on Thursday, December 12th.

British American Tobacco Company Profile

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.