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

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Tadeu Marroco acquired 5 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 4th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 2,876 ($37.82) per share, with a total value of £143.80 ($189.09).

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

• On Wednesday, August 7th, Tadeu Marroco bought 6 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 2,747 ($36.12) per share, with a total value of £164.82 ($216.73).
• On Wednesday, July 3rd, Tadeu Marroco purchased 6 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 2,451 ($32.23) per share, for a total transaction of £147.06 ($193.37).

British American Tobacco Stock Performance

Shares of British American Tobacco stock opened at GBX 2,929 ($38.51) on Friday. The stock has a market cap of £64.73 billion, a PE ratio of -470.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a 12 month low of GBX 2,228.78 ($29.31) and a 12 month high of GBX 2,929 ($38.51). The company has a quick ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.14. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 2,687.36 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 2,488.95.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 19th will be issued a GBX 58.88 ($0.77) dividend. This is an increase from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $57.72. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 19th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.54%. British American Tobacco’s dividend payout ratio is currently -3,794.21%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their target price on shares of British American Tobacco from GBX 4,000 ($52.60) to GBX 3,450 ($45.36) and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, May 21st.

About British American Tobacco

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.