Tadeu Marroco Buys 6 Shares of British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Stock

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Tadeu Marroco bought 6 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 1st. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 2,347 ($29.48) per share, with a total value of £140.82 ($176.89).

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

• On Wednesday, April 3rd, Tadeu Marroco bought 7 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 2,401 ($30.16) per share, with a total value of £168.07 ($211.12).
• On Wednesday, March 6th, Tadeu Marroco purchased 6 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 2,293 ($28.80) per share, for a total transaction of £137.58 ($172.82).
• On Wednesday, February 7th, Tadeu Marroco bought 7 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 2,341 ($29.41) per share, for a total transaction of £163.87 ($205.84).

British American Tobacco Stock Up 0.9 %

Shares of LON BATS traded up GBX 22 ($0.28) during midday trading on Thursday, hitting GBX 2,371 ($29.78). 4,846,270 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 4,688,074. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a one year low of GBX 2,233 ($28.05) and a one year high of GBX 2,904 ($36.48). The business has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 2,346.54 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 2,384.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 75.41, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a current ratio of 0.90. The company has a market cap of £52.87 billion, a PE ratio of -365.53, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.25.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 26th will be issued a dividend of GBX 58.88 ($0.74) per share. This is a boost from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $57.72. This represents a dividend yield of 2.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 26th. British American Tobacco’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -3,647.60%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 3,300 ($41.45) price target on shares of British American Tobacco in a research note on Monday, April 22nd.

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.