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British American Tobacco (BATS)

Sector:

Tobacco

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£35,650m

Change Today

Price Unchanged0.000p ()

Share Price

1,786.00p

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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6 Month Chart

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 3.7% 4.4%
Div Cover 1.7 1.6
Op Mrgn 29.0% 29.9%
ROCE 54.6%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 16.3 14.1
PEG 1.6 0.9
Pr/Revenue 3.6 3.0
Pr/Book 5.0  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 2.6% 18.4%
PBT 11.4% 15.2%
EPS 10.5% 15.6%
DPS 18.4% 23.0%

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 11,863.58 3,544.57 126.31p 14.1 0.9 +16% 81.42p 4.4%
31-Dec-09 12,780.61 3,856.29 140.63p 12.7 1.1 +11% 90.93p 4.9%
31-Dec-10 13,386.75 4,159.48 153.28p 11.7 1.3 +9% 98.65p 5.3%

Covering analysts: ABN AMRO, Citigroup Investment Research, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Research, Evolution Securities, Goldman Sachs, IIR Group, Investec Securities, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Natixis Securities, Nomura Equity Research

BATS Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 08-Jan-2009 14:00 RNS
Blocklisting Interim Review 07-Jan-2009 15:30 RNS
Total Voting Rights 05-Jan-2009 13:00 RNS

BATS ShareCast News

London close: Footsie ends with good gains 06-Jan-2009 ShareCast
London afternoon: Man Group leads advance 06-Jan-2009 ShareCast
Sector movers: Relieved retailers on the rise 06-Jan-2009 ShareCast

BATS Top Newspaper Links

The Buffett car is now open 02-Jan-2009 Sun
Treasury faces £5bn bill as British American Tob... 28-Nov-2008 Times
BAT could recoup £1.2bn in overpaid tax from Tre... 28-Nov-2008 The Independent

Latest BATS Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
07-Jan-09 Buy Nicandro Durante 1,758.00p 7 £123.06
07-Jan-09 Buy Paul N Adams 1,758.00p 7 £123.06
05-Dec-08 Transfer To Thys Visser 0.000p 21,284 £0.00

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 1,786.00p  
Closing Price Change 0.000p
52 Week High 2,049.00
52 Week Low 1,450.00
Volume 0
Shares Issued 1,996.07m
Market Cap £35,650m
Beta 0.70
RiskGrade 244
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BATS Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
96.53% below the market average96.53% below the market average96.53% below the market average96.53% below the market average96.53% below the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average
Price Trend
91.51% above the market average91.51% above the market average91.51% above the market average91.51% above the market average91.51% 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
35.75% below the market average35.75% below the market average35.75% below the market average35.75% below the market average35.75% 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
Growth
74.62% below the market average74.62% below the market average74.62% below the market average74.62% below the market average74.62% 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 10
Buy 3
Neutral 1
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 15
buy
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BATS Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 06-Aug-08 05-Mar-08
Paid 17-Sep-08 07-May-08
Amount 22.10p 47.60p

Trades for --2009

Time Volume / Share Price
0 @ 0.000p

BATS Key Personnel

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