British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Stock Price Crosses Above 200 Day Moving Average of $2,530.97

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) shares crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 2,530.97 ($33.89) and traded as high as GBX 2,811 ($37.64). British American Tobacco shares last traded at GBX 2,762 ($36.98), with a volume of 4,452,719 shares changing hands.

British American Tobacco Stock Performance

The firm’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 2,794.12 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 2,537.53. 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 £61.31 billion, a P/E ratio of -445.98, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 19th will be issued a GBX 58.88 ($0.79) dividend. This is an increase from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $57.72. This represents a yield of 2.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 19th. British American Tobacco’s payout ratio is currently -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.