BMT.DE BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC R

Consumer Defensive · Tobacco

8 · Strong Momentum 1.0 · Weak Watch 7y streak

48.20

-0.39%

About the company

British American Tobacco p.l.c. provides tobacco and nicotine products to consumers in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Canada, the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Central Asia, Caucasus, and Africa. The company offers vapour products; heated products, which consists of a battery-powered device and a plant-based substance consumable that is heated; modern oral products, such as nicotine pouches; combustibles, including cigarette sticks and other tobacco stick products; traditional oral products, such as snus and moist snuff; and fine cut/roll-your-own tobacco products. It sells its products under the Vuse, glo, Velo, Grizzly, Kodiak, Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Rothmans, Newport, Natural American Spirit, and Camel Snus brands, as well as Vogue, Viceroy, Kool, Peter Stuyvesant, Craven A, and State Express 555 brands. The company distributes its products to retail outlets. British American Tobacco p.l.c. was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

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5.83%

82.89%

2.81

103.8B

14.22

3.39

50.96

52-week range

48.2

low 42.3 high 57.3

Dividend deep dive

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC R (BMT.DE) operates in the Tobacco industry within the Consumer Defensive sector. It currently offers a dividend yield of 5.83%. According to Yield Theory, this suggests the stock is undervalued compared to its 5-year average yield of 3.86%. The company holds a strong overall rating score of 8.0. However, its momentum score is low at 1.0, indicating a recent downtrend, while its value score of 6.7 suggests a relatively favorable current valuation.

Dividend history

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC R has demonstrated consistent dividend growth, maintaining a streak of 7 consecutive years of increases, classifying it as a CCC Challenger. Over the past three years, the dividend has grown at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.32%, with the five-year CAGR standing at 2.69%. The company distributes dividends quarterly. Annual payments have shown steady increases, for instance, from EUR 1.1951 in 2019 to EUR 1.3592 in 2023, with a projected EUR 1.4143 for 2025.

Dividend safety

The company's dividend safety status is currently rated as 'watch,' primarily due to its payout ratio of 82.65% against earnings. Leverage metrics show a debt-to-equity ratio of 72.842.

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