British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Insider Purchases £147 in Stock

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Soraya Benchikh acquired 5 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 4th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 2,940 ($37.47) per share, for a total transaction of £147 ($187.36).

Soraya Benchikh also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, November 6th, Soraya Benchikh purchased 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 2,819 ($35.93) per share, for a total transaction of £140.95 ($179.65).
• On Wednesday, October 2nd, Soraya Benchikh purchased 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 2,727 ($34.76) per share, for a total transaction of £136.35 ($173.78).

British American Tobacco Price Performance

Shares of LON:BATS opened at GBX 2,968 ($37.83) on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 2,779.26 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 2,676.16. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a twelve month low of GBX 2,228.78 ($28.41) and a twelve month high of GBX 3,010 ($38.36). 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 firm has a market capitalization of £65.59 billion, a PE ratio of -477.17, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 19th will be given a dividend of GBX 58.88 ($0.75) per share. This is a positive change from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $57.72. This represents a dividend yield of 2.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 19th. British American Tobacco’s payout ratio is -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.