British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) has been assigned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the six brokerages that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, one has assigned a hold recommendation and four have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price target among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 4,758.33.

A number of research analysts have recently commented on the company. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 5,750 price objective on shares of British American Tobacco in a report on Friday, May 29th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their target price on British American Tobacco from GBX 5,200 to GBX 5,500 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 23rd.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Tadeu Marroco acquired 6,036 shares of British American Tobacco stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 4,426 per share, for a total transaction of £267,153.36. Also, insider Serpil Timuray acquired 47 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 26th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 4,372 per share, with a total value of £2,054.84. In the last three months, insiders bought 11,506 shares of company stock worth $50,267,032. Insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.

British American Tobacco Price Performance

Shares of LON:BATS opened at GBX 4,563.26 on Friday. British American Tobacco has a fifty-two week low of GBX 3,677 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 5,368. The business has a 50-day moving average of GBX 4,599.23 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 4,448.94. The stock has a market capitalization of £92.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.07, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.60, a current ratio of 0.87 and a quick ratio of 0.47.

British American Tobacco Company Profile

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.