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British American Tobacco(BATS)

Sector:

Tobacco

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£36,958m

Change Today

Price Down-6.00p

Share Price

1,840.00p

BATS Overview

British American Tobacco was founded in 1902 as a joint venture between the UK’s Imperial Tobacco Company and the American Tobacco Company. It is second only to Philip Morris in the World cigarette market, with more than 300 brands sold in around 180 markets.

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 3.6% 4.5%
Div Cover 1.7 1.5
Op Mrgn 29.0% 30.1%
ROCE 54.6%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 16.8 15.0
PEG 1.6 1.2
Pr/Revenue 3.7 3.2
Pr/Book 5.2  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 2.6% 15.0%
PBT 11.4% 12.7%
EPS 10.5% 12.1%
DPS 18.4% 19.7%

BATS Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 a10,570.00 a1,567.00 69.21p 11.1 0.3 +36% 38.80p 5.0%
31-Dec-04 10,768.00 3,630.00 77.16p 11.6 1.0 +12% 41.90p 4.7%
31-Dec-05 9,325.00 2,588.00 90.06p 14.4 0.8 +17% 47.00p 3.6%
31-Dec-06 9,762.00 2,764.00 98.93p 14.4 1.4 +10% 55.90p 3.9%
31-Dec-07 10,018.00 3,078.00 109.29p 18.0 1.8 +10% 66.20p 3.4%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

BATS Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 11,517.67 3,470.35 122.55p 15.1 1.2 +12% 79.27p 4.5%
31-Dec-09 12,346.48 3,832.71 136.89p 13.5 1.2 +12% 88.67p 5.1%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Blue Oar Securities, Charles Stanley & Co, Citigroup Investment Research, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Research, Evolution Securities, Goldman Sachs, IIR Group, JP Morgan, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Natixis Securities, UBS

BATS Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 24-Jul-2008 17:09 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 23-Jul-2008 16:58 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 22-Jul-2008 17:14 RNS

BATS ShareCast News

Broker snap: RBS upgrades BAT, prefers tobacco t... 18-Jul-2008 ShareCast
EU puts conditions on BAT's £2bn ST buy 27-Jun-2008 ShareCast
Sector movers: RBS update fails to convince 11-Jun-2008 ShareCast

BATS Top Newspaper Links

British companies confused by advice about stayi... 02-Jul-2008 Times
Higher taxes on foreign earnings would lead to e... 08-May-2008 Telegraph
Old Mutual joins the list of companies looking f... 08-May-2008 Times

Latest BATS Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
04-Jul-08 Buy Nicandro Durante 1,712.00p 8 £136.96
04-Jul-08 Buy Paul N Adams 1,712.00p 7 £119.84
06-Jun-08 Buy Nicandro Durante 1,899.00p 6 £113.94

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

BATS Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 1,840.00p Price Down
Change Today -6.00p
52 Week High 2,049.00p
52 Week Low 1,557.00p
Volume 5,592,635
Shares Issued 2,008.57m
Market Cap £36,958m
Beta 0.52
RiskGrade 138

BATS Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value Not Available
Price Trend
89.74% above the market average89.74% above the market average89.74% above the market average89.74% above the market average89.74% above the market average
100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average
Income Not Available
Growth
77.62% below the market average77.62% below the market average77.62% below the market average77.62% below the market average77.62% below the market average
100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 6
Buy 4
Neutral 3
Sell 2
Strong Sell 0
Total 15
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

BATS Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 05-Mar-08 01-Aug-07
Paid 07-May-08 12-Sep-07
Amount 47.60p 18.60p

Trades for 24-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
17:09 2,527 @ 1,837.40p
17:05 200,000 @ 1,822.55p
16:39 1,400,000 @ 1,840.00p
16:35 379,714 @ 1,840.00p
16:29 960 @ 1,844.00p

BATS Key Personnel

CEO Paul N Adams
Chair Jan du Plessis
Finance Director Ben Stevens
COO Nicandro Durante

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