Tadeu Marroco Buys 10,000 Shares of British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Stock

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS – Get Rating) insider Tadeu Marroco bought 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 6th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 2,574 ($32.00) per share, for a total transaction of £257,400 ($319,990.05).

Tadeu Marroco also recently made the following trade(s):

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• On Wednesday, May 3rd, Tadeu Marroco bought 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 2,868 ($35.65) per share, for a total transaction of £143.40 ($178.27).
• On Wednesday, April 5th, Tadeu Marroco bought 5 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 2,812 ($34.96) per share, for a total transaction of £140.60 ($174.79).

British American Tobacco Stock Up 1.5 %

LON:BATS opened at GBX 2,609 ($32.43) on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 56.98, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a current ratio of 0.86. The company has a market cap of £58.44 billion, a PE ratio of 893.49, a PEG ratio of 3.58 and a beta of 0.33. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a 52-week low of GBX 2,543 ($31.61) and a 52-week high of GBX 3,645 ($45.31). The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 2,786.42 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 3,042.60.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

BATS has been the topic of several analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered British American Tobacco to a “neutral” rating and cut their target price for the company from GBX 3,600 ($44.75) to GBX 3,100 ($38.54) in a research note on Monday, March 13th. Barclays reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a GBX 4,000 ($49.73) target price on shares of British American Tobacco in a research note on Tuesday, February 14th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 4,100 ($50.97) price target on shares of British American Tobacco in a report on Friday, March 24th. Royal Bank of Canada set a GBX 3,500 ($43.51) price target on British American Tobacco in a report on Friday, February 10th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group set a GBX 3,500 ($43.51) price target on British American Tobacco in a report on Thursday, February 9th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 3,788 ($47.09).

British American Tobacco Company Profile

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British American Tobacco p.l.c. provides tobacco and nicotine products to consumers worldwide. It offers vapour, tobacco heating, and modern oral nicotine products; combustible products; and traditional oral products, such as snus and moist snuff. The company offers its products under the Kent, Dunhill, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Rothmans, Camel, Newport, Natural American Spirit, being Vapour, THP, and Modern Oral brands.

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