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

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Soraya Benchikh purchased 5 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 4th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 2,940 ($37.51) per share, with a total value of £147 ($187.57).

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

• On Wednesday, November 6th, Soraya Benchikh purchased 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 2,819 ($35.97) per share, with a total value of £140.95 ($179.85).
• On Wednesday, October 2nd, Soraya Benchikh purchased 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 2,727 ($34.80) per share, with a total value of £136.35 ($173.98).

British American Tobacco Stock Up 1.4 %

Shares of BATS opened at GBX 2,971 ($37.91) on Friday. The company has a market cap of £65.66 billion, a PE ratio of -477.65, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. The business has a fifty day moving average of GBX 2,776.74 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 2,672.65. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a 52-week low of GBX 2,228.78 ($28.44) and a 52-week high of GBX 3,010 ($38.41). The company has a quick ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.14.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

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