British American Tobacco(BATS)

Sector:

Tobacco

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£31,420m

Change Today

Price Up121.00p

Share Price

1,571.00p

Broker snap: RBS upgrades BAT, prefers tobacco to food

Date: Friday 18 Jul 2008

LONDON (ShareCast) - RBS has raised its recommendation on British American Tobacco to ‘buy’ from ‘hold’ saying it thinks tobacco stocks look more attractive than food and household goods companies.

The broker also lifted its rating on food and household goods giant Unilever to ‘hold’ from ‘sell’.

Its favoured household and personal care stock is Reckitt Benckiser.

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BATS Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 1,571.00p Price Up
Change Today +121.00p
52 Week High 2,049.00
52 Week Low 1,350.00
Volume 17,106,237
Shares Issued 1,999.98m
Market Cap £31,420m
Beta 0.60
RiskGrade 253

Performance Indicators

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value Not Available
Price Trend
73.09% above the market average73.09% above the market average73.09% above the market average73.09% above the market average73.09% 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
77.1% below the market average77.1% below the market average77.1% below the market average77.1% below the market average77.1% 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 Chg 6m
38.38% above the market average38.38% above the market average38.38% above the market average38.38% above the market average38.38% 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
P/E
32.33% below the market average32.33% below the market average32.33% below the market average32.33% below the market average32.33% 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
PEG
67.51% below the market average67.51% below the market average67.51% below the market average67.51% below the market average67.51% 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
Dividend Yield
7.48% below the market average7.48% below the market average7.48% below the market average7.48% below the market average7.48% 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
EPS Growth
19.64% below the market average19.64% below the market average19.64% below the market average19.64% below the market average19.64% 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
Operating Margin
55.74% above the market average55.74% above the market average55.74% above the market average55.74% above the market average55.74% 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

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 8
Buy 3
Neutral 3
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 --2008

Time Volume / Share Price
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BATS Key Personnel

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

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