Insider Buying: British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Insider Acquires £1,303.68 in Stock

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Tadeu Marroco purchased 48 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 1st. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 2,716 ($35.36) per share, for a total transaction of £1,303.68 ($1,697.06).

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

• On Wednesday, September 4th, Tadeu Marroco bought 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 2,876 ($37.44) per share, with a total value of £143.80 ($187.19).
• On Wednesday, August 7th, Tadeu Marroco purchased 6 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 2,747 ($35.76) per share, for a total transaction of £164.82 ($214.55).

British American Tobacco Price Performance

Shares of BATS opened at GBX 2,731 ($35.55) on Friday. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a 52-week low of GBX 2,228.78 ($29.01) and a 52-week high of GBX 2,994 ($38.97). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.14, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a current ratio of 0.88. The business’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 2,770.60 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 2,599.44. The firm has a market cap of £60.36 billion, a PE ratio of -439.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 19th will be issued a dividend of GBX 58.88 ($0.77) per share. This is an increase from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $57.72. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 19th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.54%. British American Tobacco’s payout ratio is currently -3,794.21%.

British American Tobacco Company Profile

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.