British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Insider Acquires £215,300 in Stock

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) insider Tadeu Marroco acquired 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 5th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 4,306 per share, for a total transaction of £215,300.

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

• On Wednesday, June 3rd, Tadeu Marroco bought 4 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 4,400 per share, with a total value of £176.
• On Thursday, May 7th, Tadeu Marroco purchased 36 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 4,297 per share, with a total value of £1,546.92.
• On Friday, May 8th, Tadeu Marroco purchased 6,036 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 4,426 per share, for a total transaction of £267,153.36.
• On Friday, May 8th, Tadeu Marroco acquired 371 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 4,286 per share, for a total transaction of £15,901.06.
• On Wednesday, May 6th, Tadeu Marroco bought 3 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 4,412 per share, for a total transaction of £132.36.
• On Monday, March 23rd, Tadeu Marroco sold 9,383 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 4,284, for a total value of £401,967.72.

British American Tobacco Stock Performance

BATS stock traded up GBX 99 during midday trading on Friday, reaching GBX 4,419. 48,567,020 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 12,783,449. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a one year low of GBX 3,395 and a one year high of GBX 5,326. The firm has a market capitalization of £95.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.12. The business has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 4,461.56 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 4,377.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.60, a current ratio of 0.87 and a quick ratio of 0.47.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on BATS. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 5,200 target price on shares of British American Tobacco in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 5,750 price objective on shares of British American Tobacco in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, British American Tobacco has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 4,708.33.

About British American Tobacco

BAT was founded in 1902 and was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1912. A constituent of the FTSE 100 since its creation in 1984, we have evolved, becoming the only truly global company in our sector.

BAT is transforming and is well positioned with a global footprint and multi-category portfolio. Our corporate purpose is to build A Better Tomorrow™, reducing the health impact of our business, by offering adult consumers a greater choice of enjoyable and less risky*† products compared to cigarettes.