Imperial Tobacco Group (OTCMKTS:IMBBY) Stock Price Crosses Above 200 Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (OTCMKTS:IMBBY)’s stock price crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of $41.72 and traded as high as $45.53. Imperial Tobacco Group shares last traded at $44.81, with a volume of 114,768 shares.

Imperial Tobacco Group Price Performance

The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $42.29 and a 200-day simple moving average of $41.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.57, a quick ratio of 0.37 and a current ratio of 0.74.

Imperial Tobacco Group Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 8th. Investors of record on Monday, December 1st were issued a dividend of $0.517 per share. This represents a yield of 537.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 28th.

Imperial Tobacco Group Company Profile

Imperial Tobacco Group, historically established in the United Kingdom in 1901 and now operating under the Imperial Brands name, is a multinational tobacco and nicotine company headquartered in Bristol, England. The company’s core business is the manufacture, marketing and sale of tobacco products and alternative nicotine offerings to adult consumers. It supplies products through a combination of owned channels and third-party distributors and focuses on managing an international portfolio of consumer tobacco and nicotine brands.

Product categories include manufactured cigarettes, cigars and fine-cut tobacco for roll-your-own use, together with a growing range of next-generation nicotine products such as vaping devices, heated tobacco and non-combustible nicotine formats that reflect a strategic shift toward reduced-risk alternatives.