Shares of British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS – Get Free Report) passed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 2,516.81 ($33.25) and traded as high as GBX 2,899.40 ($38.30). British American Tobacco shares last traded at GBX 2,868 ($37.89), with a volume of 3,082,224 shares changing hands.
British American Tobacco Stock Down 1.1 %
The firm has a market cap of £63.38 billion, a PE ratio of -461.09, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.14. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 2,755.36 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 2,516.81.
British American Tobacco Increases Dividend
The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, December 19th will be paid a GBX 58.88 ($0.78) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 19th. This represents a yield of 2.54%. This is an increase from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $57.72. British American Tobacco’s payout ratio is currently -3,794.21%.
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.
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