Analysts Set British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Price Target at GBX 4,708.33

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) has received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the six brokerages that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, one has issued a hold recommendation and four have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 4,708.33.

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on BATS shares. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 5,750 price objective on shares of British American Tobacco in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 5,200 price objective on shares of British American Tobacco in a research report on Thursday, April 16th.

British American Tobacco Price Performance

Shares of LON:BATS opened at GBX 4,301 on Friday. 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 has a 1-year low of GBX 3,395 and a 1-year high of GBX 5,326. The company has a market capitalization of £93.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.32, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.12. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 4,461.56 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 4,377.88.

Insider Buying and Selling at British American Tobacco

In other British American Tobacco news, insider Serpil Timuray purchased 47 shares of British American Tobacco stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 26th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 4,372 per share, for a total transaction of £2,054.84. Also, insider Tadeu Marroco purchased 6,036 shares of British American Tobacco stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 8th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 4,426 per share, for a total transaction of £267,153.36. Insiders purchased 6,500 shares of company stock worth $28,709,654 in the last 90 days. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.