Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (OTCMKTS:IMBBY) Short Interest Up 25.5% in March

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (OTCMKTS:IMBBY) saw a large increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 67,464 shares, an increase of 25.5% from the February 26th total of 53,745 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 187,921 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Imperial Tobacco Group Stock Up 0.4%

IMBBY traded up $0.15 during trading on Monday, reaching $40.92. 22,411 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 108,913. Imperial Tobacco Group has a 12-month low of $34.78 and a 12-month high of $45.60. The company’s 50-day moving average is $42.80 and its two-hundred day moving average is $42.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.57, a quick ratio of 0.37 and a current ratio of 0.74.

Imperial Tobacco Group Company Profile

Imperial Tobacco Group, historically established in the United Kingdom in 1901 and now operating under the Imperial Brands name, is a multinational tobacco and nicotine company headquartered in Bristol, England. The company’s core business is the manufacture, marketing and sale of tobacco products and alternative nicotine offerings to adult consumers. It supplies products through a combination of owned channels and third-party distributors and focuses on managing an international portfolio of consumer tobacco and nicotine brands.

Product categories include manufactured cigarettes, cigars and fine-cut tobacco for roll-your-own use, together with a growing range of next-generation nicotine products such as vaping devices, heated tobacco and non-combustible nicotine formats that reflect a strategic shift toward reduced-risk alternatives.