Tadeu Marroco Buys 3 Shares of British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Stock

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Tadeu Marroco purchased 3 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 4,563 per share, for a total transaction of £136.89.

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

• On Friday, June 5th, Tadeu Marroco purchased 5,000 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 4,306 per share, for a total transaction of £215,300.
• On Wednesday, June 3rd, Tadeu Marroco purchased 4 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 4,400 per share, for a total transaction of £176.
• On Thursday, May 7th, Tadeu Marroco acquired 36 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 4,297 per share, with a total value of £1,546.92.
• On Friday, May 8th, Tadeu Marroco acquired 6,036 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 4,426 per share, with a total value of £267,153.36.
• On Friday, May 8th, Tadeu Marroco acquired 371 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 4,286 per share, with a total value of £15,901.06.
• On Wednesday, May 6th, Tadeu Marroco bought 3 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 4,412 per share, for a total transaction of £132.36.

British American Tobacco Price Performance

Shares of LON BATS opened at GBX 4,591 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.60, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a current ratio of 0.87. The company has a market cap of £99.23 billion, a PE ratio of 13.15, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.12. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 4,558.35 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 4,415.20. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a fifty-two week low of GBX 3,508 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 5,326.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently commented on BATS. Jefferies Financial Group upped their target price on British American Tobacco from GBX 5,200 to GBX 5,500 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 23rd. UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 5,750 price objective on shares of British American Tobacco in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 4,758.33.

About British American Tobacco

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. Our corporate purpose is to build A Better Tomorrow™, reducing the health impact of our business, by offering adult consumers a greater choice of enjoyable and less risky*† products compared to cigarettes.