Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC Sells 4,515 Shares of British American Tobacco p.l.c. (NYSE:BTI)

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC lowered its position in shares of British American Tobacco p.l.c. (NYSE:BTI) by 12.6% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 31,378 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,515 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC’s holdings in British American Tobacco were worth $969,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of BTI. Capital Research Global Investors increased its position in shares of British American Tobacco by 38.5% in the 4th quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 15,316,688 shares of the company’s stock valued at $448,625,000 after buying an additional 4,259,548 shares in the last quarter. Capital World Investors raised its position in shares of British American Tobacco by 0.4% during the first quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 3,836,365 shares of the company’s stock worth $117,009,000 after purchasing an additional 13,643 shares during the period. Natixis Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of British American Tobacco by 29.9% during the 2nd quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 2,667,339 shares of the company’s stock valued at $82,501,000 after purchasing an additional 614,634 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James & Associates grew its position in shares of British American Tobacco by 1.9% in the 2nd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 2,279,765 shares of the company’s stock valued at $70,513,000 after purchasing an additional 43,006 shares during the period. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its stake in British American Tobacco by 4.4% during the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 887,911 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,007,000 after purchasing an additional 37,359 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 21.44% of the company’s stock.

British American Tobacco Trading Up 1.2 %

NYSE:BTI opened at $37.90 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.58, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a twelve month low of $28.25 and a twelve month high of $39.54. The company has a market cap of $84.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 0.52. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $36.39 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $32.61.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, StockNews.com cut shares of British American Tobacco from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, August 11th.

British American Tobacco 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.