BATSL.XC British American Tobacco PLC
Consumer Defensive · Tobacco
40.91
-1.67%
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.
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British American Tobacco PLC (BATSL.XC) operates in the Tobacco industry within the Consumer Defensive sector. The company currently offers a dividend yield of 5.26%. This yield is below its 5-year average of 7.76% and its 5-year high of 9.07%, indicating a potentially overvalued status by Yield Theory. The company is classified as a 'challenger' in the CCC (Dividend Champions, Contenders, Challengers) list.
Dividend history
British American Tobacco PLC has a dividend increase streak of 7 years, earning it a 'Challenger' tier status. Over the past three years, the dividend has grown at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.32%, while the five-year CAGR stands at 2.69%. The annual dividends per share, in GBP, were 195.2 in 2018, rising to 203.0 in 2019, 210.4 in 2020, 215.6 in 2021, 217.8 in 2022, 230.88 in 2023, and 235.52 in 2024. A projected dividend of 240.24 is noted for 2025.
Dividend safety
The company's dividend safety can be assessed through several metrics. The payout ratio stands at 70.2%, indicating that a significant portion of earnings is distributed as dividends.
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