British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Insider Tadeu Marroco Acquires 4 Shares

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Tadeu Marroco acquired 4 shares of British American Tobacco stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 5th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 4,386 per share, with a total value of £175.44.

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

• On Wednesday, July 1st, Tadeu Marroco bought 3 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 4,563 per share, for a total transaction of £136.89.
• On Friday, June 5th, Tadeu Marroco purchased 5,000 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 4,306 per share, with a total value of £215,300.
• On Wednesday, June 3rd, Tadeu Marroco acquired 4 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 4,400 per share, with a total value of £176.
• On Friday, May 8th, Tadeu Marroco purchased 6,036 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 4,426 per share, with a total value of £267,153.36.
• On Friday, May 8th, Tadeu Marroco acquired 371 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 4,286 per share, for a total transaction of £15,901.06.

British American Tobacco Stock Up 0.1%

LON:BATS traded up GBX 5 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting GBX 4,383. 31,283,693 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 9,955,968. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 4,547.43 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 4,475.86. The firm has a market cap of £88.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.07, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.13. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a fifty-two week low of GBX 3,677 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 5,368. The company has a current ratio of 0.84, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.31.

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The company reported GBX 203.60 earnings per share for the quarter. British American Tobacco had a return on equity of 13.38% and a net margin of 24.99%. Equities research analysts anticipate that British American Tobacco p.l.c. will post 361.5079365 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have weighed in on BATS. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 5,750 price objective on shares of British American Tobacco in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price objective on British American Tobacco from GBX 5,200 to GBX 5,500 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 23rd. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 5,100 target price on shares of British American Tobacco in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, British American Tobacco has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 4,791.67.

About British American Tobacco

BAT was founded in 1902 and was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1912. A constituent of the FTSE 100 since its creation in 1984, we have evolved, becoming the only truly global company in our sector.

BAT is transforming and is well positioned with a global footprint and multi-category portfolio. Our corporate purpose is to build A Better Tomorrow™, reducing the health impact of our business, by offering adult consumers a greater choice of enjoyable and less risky*† products compared to cigarettes.