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

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Soraya Benchikh purchased 5 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 6th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 2,819 ($36.70) per share, for a total transaction of £140.95 ($183.48).

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

• On Wednesday, October 2nd, Soraya Benchikh bought 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 2,727 ($35.50) per share, for a total transaction of £136.35 ($177.49).

British American Tobacco Price Performance

Shares of LON:BATS opened at GBX 2,731 ($35.55) on Friday. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a fifty-two week low of GBX 2,228.78 ($29.01) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 2,994 ($38.97). The business has a 50-day moving average of GBX 2,770.60 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 2,599.44. The stock has a market capitalization of £60.36 billion, a P/E ratio of -439.07, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. 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 Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, December 19th will be given a dividend of GBX 58.88 ($0.77) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 2.54%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 19th. This is a boost 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.