
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
BTINYSEConsumer DefensiveTobacco
Regular session
$57.00
+$0.79 · +1.41%
BTI company overview
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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 websiteBritish 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 / TTMValuation & 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.
Income trends
Revenue
Operating income
Net income
| Metric (GBP) | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 25.61B GBP | 25.87B GBP | 27.28B GBP | 27.66B GBP | 25.68B GBP |
| Cost of goods sold | 4.23B GBP | 4.44B GBP | 4.89B GBP | 4.8B GBP | 4.6B GBP |
| Gross profit | 21.38B GBP | 21.43B GBP | 22.39B GBP | 22.85B GBP | 21.09B GBP |
| Research and development | 133M GBP | 380M GBP | 408M GBP | 323M GBP | 304M GBP |
| Selling, general, and administrative | 1.12B GBP | 3.95B GBP | 3.86B GBP | 3.83B GBP | 3.81B GBP |
| Operating expenses | 11.39B GBP | 18.56B GBP | 38.14B GBP | 12.33B GBP | 10.85B GBP |
| Interest income | 214M GBP | 251M GBP | 186M GBP | 92M GBP | 35M GBP |
| Interest expense | 1.93B GBP | 1.1B GBP | 1.89B GBP | 1.66B GBP | 1.49B GBP |
| Depreciation and amortization | 2B GBP | 3.1B GBP | 634M GBP | 724M GBP | 949M GBP |
| Operating income | 10B GBP | 2.74B GBP | −15.75B GBP | 10.52B GBP | 10.23B GBP |
| Net income | 7.76B GBP | 3.07B GBP | −14.37B GBP | 6.67B GBP | 6.8B 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
Revenue: actual versus estimate
Recent quarterly results
Analyst ratings
Third-party consensus; not a GoAI recommendation.
Analyst price target
Average target
$40.00
29.82% downsideRating distribution
18 ratingsRecent analyst actions
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
$2.9438
2,021
$2.6407
2,022
$2.904
2,023
$2.9817
2,024
$3.1721
2,025
$1.664
2,026*
* Partial calendar year in the available dividend history.
Corporate action history
| Action | Ex-dividend date | Details | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
DividendUpcoming | Oct 2, 2026 | $0.8349Quarterly | Oct 2, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
DividendUpcoming | Dec 29, 2026 | $0.8349Irregular | Dec 29, 2026 | Feb 8, 2027 |
Dividend | Jul 10, 2026 | $0.83Quarterly | Jul 10, 2026 | Aug 19, 2026 |
Dividend | Mar 27, 2026 | $0.834Quarterly | Mar 27, 2026 | May 12, 2026 |
Dividend | Dec 30, 2025 | $0.8234Irregular | Dec 30, 2025 | Feb 9, 2026 |
Dividend | Oct 3, 2025 | $0.7491Quarterly | Oct 3, 2025 | Nov 13, 2025 |
Ex-dividend Oct 2, 2026
$0.8349
Quarterly
Record Oct 2, 2026 · Payment Nov 12, 2026
Ex-dividend Dec 29, 2026
$0.8349
Irregular
Record Dec 29, 2026 · Payment Feb 8, 2027
Ex-dividend Jul 10, 2026
$0.83
Quarterly
Record Jul 10, 2026 · Payment Aug 19, 2026
Ex-dividend Mar 27, 2026
$0.834
Quarterly
Record Mar 27, 2026 · Payment May 12, 2026
Ex-dividend Dec 30, 2025
$0.8234
Irregular
Record Dec 30, 2025 · Payment Feb 9, 2026
Ex-dividend Oct 3, 2025
$0.7491
Quarterly
Record Oct 3, 2025 · Payment Nov 13, 2025
BTI peers
ETFs holding BTI
Funds reporting this stock among their holdings, ordered by reported position size.
Capital Group International Focus Equity ETFCGXU98.81M1.49%6.62B USD0.54%$34.715-1.21%
Fidelity Enhanced International ETFFENI44.3M0.39%10.96B USD0.28%$41.575-0.35%
Amplify CWP International Enhanced Dividend Income ETFIDVO34.81M2.45%1.42B USD0.65%$43.015-0.59%
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index FundFVD30.99M0.37%8.29B USD0.62%$50.975+0.54%
Capital Group Conservative Equity ETFCGCV26.38M1.31%2.02B USD0.33%$33.305-0.08%
Bahl & Gaynor Income Growth ETFBGIG25.77M1.15%342.03M USD0.45%$36.89-0.08%
Invesco International Dividend Achievers ETFPID25.11M2.72%923.14M USD0.53%$23.07-0.19%
Dimensional - International Core Equity 2 ETFDFIC12.61M0.08%15.43B USD0.22%$39.285-0.32%
Capital Group International Focus Equity ETFCGXU- Market value
- 98.81M
- Weight
- 1.49%
- AUM
- 6.62B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.54%
- Price / 1D
- $34.715-1.21%
Fidelity Enhanced International ETFFENI- Market value
- 44.3M
- Weight
- 0.39%
- AUM
- 10.96B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.28%
- Price / 1D
- $41.575-0.35%
Amplify CWP International Enhanced Dividend Income ETFIDVO- Market value
- 34.81M
- Weight
- 2.45%
- AUM
- 1.42B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.65%
- Price / 1D
- $43.015-0.59%
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index FundFVD- Market value
- 30.99M
- Weight
- 0.37%
- AUM
- 8.29B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.62%
- Price / 1D
- $50.975+0.54%
Capital Group Conservative Equity ETFCGCV- Market value
- 26.38M
- Weight
- 1.31%
- AUM
- 2.02B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.33%
- Price / 1D
- $33.305-0.08%
Bahl & Gaynor Income Growth ETFBGIG- Market value
- 25.77M
- Weight
- 1.15%
- AUM
- 342.03M USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.45%
- Price / 1D
- $36.89-0.08%
Invesco International Dividend Achievers ETFPID- Market value
- 25.11M
- Weight
- 2.72%
- AUM
- 923.14M USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.53%
- Price / 1D
- $23.07-0.19%
Dimensional - International Core Equity 2 ETFDFIC- Market value
- 12.61M
- Weight
- 0.08%
- AUM
- 15.43B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.22%
- Price / 1D
- $39.285-0.32%
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