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British American Tobacco p.l.c.

BTI

NYSEConsumer DefensiveTobacco

Regular session

$57.00

+$0.79 · +1.41%

Aug 24, 11:08 AM ET

BTI company overview

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Jul 10, 2026

GoAI score

Buy

Favorable setup — positive multi-factor alignment

Valuation

94

Deep Value

Momentum

44

Neutral

Sentiment

61

Bullish

Risk resilience

80

Low Risk

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Company profile

Company website

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.

Industry
Tobacco
Sector
Consumer Defensive
Headquarters
GB
CEO
Tadeu Marroco
Listed since
Apr 14, 1980
Employees
47,797

Market position

Day range

Current $57.00

52-week range

Current $57.00

Open
$56.40
Previous close
$56.21
Volume
2.02M
0.49× average
Average volume
4.12M
Average daily volume
Market cap
122.94B USD
Beta
0.13
Market reference 1
50-day average
$60.0298
-5.05% below average
200-day average
$59.0673
-3.50% below average

Financials

Financial snapshot

Latest / TTM

Valuation & yield

Enterprise value
123.14B GBP
P/E (TTM)
14.31×
P/B (TTM)
1.87×
P/S (TTM)
3.5×
EV / EBITDA
10.47×
Earnings yield
8.45%
Free cash flow yield
6.30%
Dividend yield
5.81%

Profitability & efficiency

Gross margin
60.16%
Operating margin
37.62%
Net margin
24.99%
Return on equity
16.20%
Return on assets
7.10%
Return on invested capital
8.02%

Financial health

Debt / equity
0.72×
Current ratio
0.87×
Altman Z-score
2.11
Piotroski F-score
7 of 9

Financial statements

Margin trends

Profitability as a percentage of reported revenue.

Gross marginOperating marginNet margin
Gross, operating, and net margin trends98%41%-15%-72%Gross margin, FY2021: 82.10%Gross margin, FY2022: 82.63%Gross margin, FY2023: 82.07%Gross margin, FY2024: 82.85%Gross margin, FY2025: 83.50%Operating margin, FY2021: 39.85%Operating margin, FY2022: 38.05%Operating margin, FY2023: -57.73%Operating margin, FY2024: 10.58%Operating margin, FY2025: 39.04%Net margin, FY2021: 26.48%Net margin, FY2022: 24.10%Net margin, FY2023: -52.66%Net margin, FY2024: 11.86%Net margin, FY2025: 30.32%FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Gross margin FY2021 82.10%. Gross margin FY2022 82.63%. Gross margin FY2023 82.07%. Gross margin FY2024 82.85%. Gross margin FY2025 83.50%. Operating margin FY2021 39.85%. Operating margin FY2022 38.05%. Operating margin FY2023 -57.73%. Operating margin FY2024 10.58%. Operating margin FY2025 39.04%. Net margin FY2021 26.48%. Net margin FY2022 24.10%. Net margin FY2023 -52.66%. Net margin FY2024 11.86%. Net margin FY2025 30.32%.

Income trends

Revenue

25.61B GBP-0.99%

Operating income

10B GBP+265.39%

Net income

7.76B GBP+153.06%
Income trends across reported periods32B GBP14.63B GBP−2.73B GBP−20.09B GBPRevenue, FY2021: 25.68B GBPRevenue, FY2022: 27.66B GBPRevenue, FY2023: 27.28B GBPRevenue, FY2024: 25.87B GBPRevenue, FY2025: 25.61B GBPOperating income, FY2021: 10.23B GBPOperating income, FY2022: 10.52B GBPOperating income, FY2023: −15.75B GBPOperating income, FY2024: 2.74B GBPOperating income, FY2025: 10B GBPNet income, FY2021: 6.8B GBPNet income, FY2022: 6.67B GBPNet income, FY2023: −14.37B GBPNet income, FY2024: 3.07B GBPNet income, FY2025: 7.76B GBPFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue FY2021 25.68B GBP. Revenue FY2022 27.66B GBP. Revenue FY2023 27.28B GBP. Revenue FY2024 25.87B GBP. Revenue FY2025 25.61B GBP. Operating income FY2021 10.23B GBP. Operating income FY2022 10.52B GBP. Operating income FY2023 −15.75B GBP. Operating income FY2024 2.74B GBP. Operating income FY2025 10B GBP. Net income FY2021 6.8B GBP. Net income FY2022 6.67B GBP. Net income FY2023 −14.37B GBP. Net income FY2024 3.07B GBP. Net income FY2025 7.76B GBP.
Metric (GBP)FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue25.61B GBP25.87B GBP27.28B GBP27.66B GBP25.68B GBP
Cost of goods sold4.23B GBP4.44B GBP4.89B GBP4.8B GBP4.6B GBP
Gross profit21.38B GBP21.43B GBP22.39B GBP22.85B GBP21.09B GBP
Research and development133M GBP380M GBP408M GBP323M GBP304M GBP
Selling, general, and administrative1.12B GBP3.95B GBP3.86B GBP3.83B GBP3.81B GBP
Operating expenses11.39B GBP18.56B GBP38.14B GBP12.33B GBP10.85B GBP
Interest income214M GBP251M GBP186M GBP92M GBP35M GBP
Interest expense1.93B GBP1.1B GBP1.89B GBP1.66B GBP1.49B GBP
Depreciation and amortization2B GBP3.1B GBP634M GBP724M GBP949M GBP
Operating income10B GBP2.74B GBP−15.75B GBP10.52B GBP10.23B GBP
Net income7.76B GBP3.07B GBP−14.37B GBP6.67B GBP6.8B GBP

Company facts updated Aug 24, 2026.

Earnings

EPS beat rate
64%
7 beats, 3 misses, 1 met estimate
Average EPS surprise
+4.25%
11 comparable reports
Latest EPS result
2.25
Estimate 2.21 · Beat by 1.81%

EPS: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Quarterly EPS actual values compared with estimates2.92.632.352.08Q3 '23BeatQ1 '24MissQ3 '24BeatQ1 '25BeatQ3 '25BeatQ1 '26BeatQ3 '26BeatQ1 '27Estimate
Q3 2023, reported Jul 26, 2023: actual 2.35, estimate 2.24, surprise +4.91%, Beat. Q1 2024, reported Feb 8, 2024: actual 2.45, estimate 2.49, surprise -1.61%, Miss. Q3 2024, reported Jul 25, 2024: actual 2.55, estimate 2.19, surprise +16.44%, Beat. Q1 2025, reported Feb 13, 2025: actual 2.5, estimate 2.44, surprise +2.46%, Beat. Q3 2025, reported Jul 31, 2025: actual 2.79, estimate 2.24, surprise +24.55%, Beat. Q1 2026, reported Feb 12, 2026: actual 2.55, estimate 2.5, surprise +2.00%, Beat. Q3 2026, reported Jul 30, 2026: actual 2.25, estimate 2.21, surprise +1.81%, Beat. Q1 2027, reported Feb 11, 2027: actual —, estimate 2.64, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Revenue: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Quarterly Revenue actual values compared with estimates20.21B18.42B16.63B14.84BQ3 '23MissQ1 '24BeatQ3 '24MissQ1 '25MetQ3 '25BeatQ1 '26BeatQ3 '26BeatQ1 '27Estimate
Q3 2023, reported Jul 26, 2023: actual 17.02B USD, estimate 17.13B USD, surprise -0.65%, Miss. Q1 2024, reported Feb 8, 2024: actual 19.43B USD, estimate 18.85B USD, surprise +3.07%, Beat. Q3 2024, reported Jul 25, 2024: actual 15.62B USD, estimate 16.22B USD, surprise -3.69%, Miss. Q1 2025, reported Feb 13, 2025: actual 17.74B USD, estimate 17.74B USD, surprise 0.00%, Met estimate. Q3 2025, reported Jul 31, 2025: actual 16.45B USD, estimate 16.24B USD, surprise +1.29%, Beat. Q1 2026, reported Feb 12, 2026: actual 18.43B USD, estimate 17.83B USD, surprise +3.40%, Beat. Q3 2026, reported Jul 30, 2026: actual 16.43B USD, estimate 16.42B USD, surprise +0.04%, Beat. Q1 2027, reported Feb 11, 2027: actual —, estimate 18.63B USD, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Analyst ratings

Third-party consensus; not a GoAI recommendation.

Analyst price target

Average target

$40.00

29.82% downside
Past 12 months12-month forecastHigh $40.00Average $40.00Low $40.00

Rating distribution

18 ratings
Strong buy00%
Buy1267%
Hold422%
Sell211%
Strong sell00%

Recent analyst actions

2 institutions
UBSupgradeNeutralBuy

BTI news

Corporate actions

Annual dividends per share

Cash distributions grouped by calendar year; partial years are marked.

$3.1721

2025 complete year+7.8% since 2021

2026 partial: $1.664

* Partial calendar year in the available dividend history.

Corporate action history

DividendUpcoming

Ex-dividend Oct 2, 2026

$0.8349

Quarterly

Record Oct 2, 2026 · Payment Nov 12, 2026

DividendUpcoming

Ex-dividend Dec 29, 2026

$0.8349

Irregular

Record Dec 29, 2026 · Payment Feb 8, 2027

Dividend

Ex-dividend Jul 10, 2026

$0.83

Quarterly

Record Jul 10, 2026 · Payment Aug 19, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend Mar 27, 2026

$0.834

Quarterly

Record Mar 27, 2026 · Payment May 12, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend Dec 30, 2025

$0.8234

Irregular

Record Dec 30, 2025 · Payment Feb 9, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend Oct 3, 2025

$0.7491

Quarterly

Record Oct 3, 2025 · Payment Nov 13, 2025

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