Soraya Benchikh Acquires 5 Shares of British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Stock

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Soraya Benchikh bought 5 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 2nd. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 2,727 ($36.48) per share, for a total transaction of £136.35 ($182.38).

British American Tobacco Stock Performance

British American Tobacco stock opened at GBX 2,681 ($35.86) on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average of GBX 2,807.72 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,551.52. 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 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 market capitalization of £59.25 billion, a P/E ratio of -431.03, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

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