British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Shares Pass Above 200-Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATSGet Free Report)’s stock price crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,585.94 ($33.54) and traded as high as GBX 2,698 ($34.99). British American Tobacco shares last traded at GBX 2,657 ($34.46), with a volume of 2,985,514 shares.

British American Tobacco Stock Performance

The stock’s 50-day moving average is GBX 2,774.02 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 2,590.92. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.14. The stock has a market cap of £59.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -433.28, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 19th will be given a GBX 58.88 ($0.76) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 19th. This is a positive change from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $57.72. This represents a yield of 2.54%. British American Tobacco’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -3,794.21%.

British American Tobacco Company Profile

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British American Tobacco p.l.c. engages in the provision of tobacco and nicotine products to consumers worldwide. It also offers vapour, heated, and modern oral nicotine products; combustible cigarettes; and traditional oral products, such as snus and moist snuff. The company offers its products under the Vuse, glo, Velo, Grizzly, Kodiak, Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Rothmans, Camel, Natural American Spirit, Newport, Vogue, Viceroy, Kool, Peter Stuyvesant, Craven A, State Express 555 and Shuang Xi brands.

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