British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Insider Tadeu Marroco Purchases 48 Shares

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Tadeu Marroco purchased 48 shares of British American Tobacco stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 1st. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 2,716 ($35.22) per share, with a total value of £1,303.68 ($1,690.68).

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

• On Wednesday, September 4th, Tadeu Marroco purchased 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 2,876 ($37.30) per share, for a total transaction of £143.80 ($186.49).
• On Wednesday, August 7th, Tadeu Marroco bought 6 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 2,747 ($35.62) per share, with a total value of £164.82 ($213.75).

British American Tobacco Trading Up 0.8 %

Shares of British American Tobacco stock traded up GBX 22 ($0.29) during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting GBX 2,721 ($35.29). The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,889,591 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,453,999. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.14, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.47. The company has a market capitalization of £60.13 billion, a PE ratio of -433.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 2,771.36 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 2,596.43. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a 12 month low of GBX 2,228.78 ($28.90) and a 12 month high of GBX 2,994 ($38.83).

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 19th will be paid a dividend of GBX 58.88 ($0.76) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 19th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.54%. This is a positive change from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $57.72. British American Tobacco’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -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.