BATS.L BA

BATS.L BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC OR

Consumer Defensive · Tobacco

8 · Strong Momentum 0.0 · Weak Watch 7y streak

40.96

-1.23%

About the company

British American Tobacco p.l.c. provides tobacco and nicotine products to consumers in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Canada, the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Central Asia, Caucasus, and Africa. The company offers vapour products; heated products, which consists of a battery-powered device and a plant-based substance consumable that is heated; modern oral products, such as nicotine pouches; combustibles, including cigarette sticks and other tobacco stick products; traditional oral products, such as snus and moist snuff; and fine cut/roll-your-own tobacco products. It sells its products under the Vuse, glo, Velo, Grizzly, Kodiak, Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Rothmans, Newport, Natural American Spirit, and Camel Snus brands, as well as Vogue, Viceroy, Kool, Peter Stuyvesant, Craven A, and State Express 555 brands. The company distributes its products to retail outlets. British American Tobacco p.l.c. was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

5.98%
84.19%
2.45
88.3B
14.08
2.91
44.06

52-week range

41.0
low 36.8 high 53.7
Yield Growth Momentum Safety Value Health

Dividend deep dive

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC OR (BATS.L) operates in the Tobacco industry within the Consumer Defensive sector. The company currently offers a dividend yield of 5.25%, which stands above its 5-year average yield of 3.88% and its 5-year high of 4.54%. Its dividend safety status is currently flagged as 'watch'.

Dividend history

The company has demonstrated a consistent track record of dividend increases, boasting a dividend streak of 7 years, earning it a 'challenger' tier status. Over the past three years, the dividend compounded annually by 3.32%, and over five years, the compound annual growth rate was 2.69%. Recent dividends per share in GBP include 107.8 in 2021, 108.9 in 2022, and 115.44 in 2023. Projected dividends are 117.76 for 2024 and 120.12 for 2025.

Dividend safety

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO's dividend safety is under 'watch'. The current payout ratio stands at 70.2% of earnings.

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Price history

4677 3486 2296 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2020-08 · 2778 2020-09 · 2448 2020-11 · 2640 2020-12 · 2708 2021-01 · 2658 2021-02 · 2486 2021-03 · 2682 2021-04 · 2713 2021-05 · 2800 2021-06 · 2681 2021-07 · 2729 2021-08 · 2604 2021-09 · 2547 2021-11 · 2530 2021-12 · 2734 2022-01 · 3164 2022-02 · 3262 2022-03 · 3352 2022-04 · 3502 2022-05 · 3520 2022-06 · 3221 2022-07 · 3452 2022-08 · 3227 2022-09 · 3434 2022-11 · 3391 2022-12 · 3282 2023-01 · 3096 2023-02 · 3144 2023-03 · 2927 2023-04 · 2555 2023-05 · 2608 2023-06 · 2616 2023-07 · 2623 2023-08 · 2577 2023-09 · 2454 2023-11 · 2512 2023-12 · 2296 2024-01 · 2339 2024-02 · 2345 2024-03 · 2351 2024-04 · 2415 2024-05 · 2430 2024-06 · 2745 2024-07 · 2836 2024-08 · 2724 2024-09 · 2695 2024-11 · 2988 2024-12 · 2880 2025-01 · 3197 2025-02 · 3087 2025-03 · 3248 2025-04 · 3334 2025-05 · 3463 2025-06 · 4040 2025-07 · 4185 2025-08 · 3947 2025-09 · 3904 2025-11 · 4421 2025-12 · 4214 2026-01 · 4376 2026-02 · 4640 2026-03 · 4323 2026-04 · 4591 2026-05 · 4677 2026-06 · 4570 2026-07 · 4466 2026-08 · 4440
Price

Dividend profile

Frequency
Quarterly
Growth (TTM)
+2.0%
CAGR 3y
+3.3%
+2.7%
7 years

(5-year)

Now 6.0%
3.3% avg 3.9% 4.5%

Payment calendar

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Dividend history

CAGR 3y +3.3% CAGR 5y +2.7% 7y streak
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Per-share dividend by year

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Debt & leverage

72.2%
0.84
0.48
Debt vs cash
Debt Cash
Total debt
35.1B GBP
Total cash
2.5B GBP
11.2B GBP

Latest reported balance-sheet figures.

Held by 11 investors · watched by 3

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