British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Hits New 12-Month Low – Time to Sell?

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) reached a new 52-week low during trading on Thursday . The company traded as low as GBX 28.93 ($0.36) and last traded at GBX 2,874 ($36.13), with a volume of 5242922 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at GBX 2,950 ($37.09).

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 2,800 ($35.20) price target on shares of British American Tobacco in a report on Thursday, December 12th.

British American Tobacco Trading Down 2.6 %

The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.14. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 2,813.59 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 2,702.20. The stock has a market cap of £63.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -462.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 19th will be given a dividend of GBX 58.88 ($0.74) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 19th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.54%. This is an increase from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $57.72. British American Tobacco’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -3,794.21%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other British American Tobacco news, insider Tadeu Marroco bought 48 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, November 1st. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 2,716 ($34.15) per share, for a total transaction of £1,303.68 ($1,639.02). Insiders purchased a total of 63 shares of company stock valued at $172,798 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 10.55% of the company’s stock.

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.