Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).
BTI last changed hands at $56.09 (up 0.43%). At $120.73B, British American Tobacco is ranked #126 by size among the 300 stocks on BeStock.
Over the past 52 weeks it has traded between $47.80 and $66.38, so it sits 15.5% below the top of that range. Holders are ahead 13.5% over twelve months, but down 7.4% across the last three months.
On the chart it has slipped under both the 50-day ($57.83) and 200-day ($58.12) moving averages; RSI is 46, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 21% annualized volatility.
For the quarter ended Dec 2008 it reported £3.42B in revenue, up 26.3% from a year earlier, with £604.00M of net profit (a 24.6% margin).
Valuation works out to 14.6 times trailing earnings, 32% above its five-year average of 11.0.
2 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $68.10, sits 21.4% over where the stock trades.
This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.
British American Tobacco makes cigarettes such as Lucky Strike and Dunhill, plus vapor and nicotine pouch products.
What tends to move it. Cigarette volumes keep falling, so investors focus on pricing power, how fast the new-category products grow and the dividend.
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Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes
| Indicator | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| Price vs 20-day average | +0.4% | Bullish |
| Price vs 50-day average | -3.0% | Bearish |
| Price vs 200-day average | -3.5% | Bearish |
| 50-day vs 200-day | 50d below 200d | Bearish |
| RSI (14) | 45.8 | Bearish |
| MACD (12,26,9) | -0.43 | Bullish |
| Bollinger band position | 58% | Bullish |
Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.
Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 2:00 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.
Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.
Latest reported quarter: Q4, ended Dec 2008 · reported in GBP
Quarter 2025/FY
"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.
Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history
Above its usual level · 78th percentile, 5-year average 11.0x
#1052 of 2974 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)
Near the top of its 5-year range · 82nd percentile, 5-year average 1.3x
#2731 of 5300 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)
Near the top of its 5-year range · 82nd percentile, 5-year average 2.7x
#3314 of 5139 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)
Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$113.08M (6 inflow days, 14 outflow days).
Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 3.5% a year.
$56.09 is the latest print for BTI, a move of +0.43% against yesterday's close of $55.85. Today's low and high so far: $55.92 and $56.52.
Equity value comes to $120.73B at the current price. By that measure it is number 126 of the 300 names in our coverage.
Buyers pay 14.6 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $4.62). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 11.0, and today's level ranks in the 78th percentile of its own history.
The year's floor is $47.80 and the ceiling $66.38. Shares are 15.5% away from that ceiling.
It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 5.81% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was July 10, 2026.
Of 2 analysts, 100% say buy, 0% hold and 0% sell. Price targets average $68.10, with the most cautious at $68.10 and the most optimistic at $68.10.
British American Tobacco makes cigarettes such as Lucky Strike and Dunhill, plus vapor and nicotine pouch products.
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