BTI Investors, You Need to Know These Facts Today.

By Tamara Parker • Tuesday, January 10 10:31 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Consumer Defensive company British American Tobacco has moved -3.0% so far today on a volume of 1,708,829, compared to its average of 2,968,272. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved -0.0%.

British American Tobacco Industries p.l.c. trades -25.48% away from its average analyst target price of $52.1 per share. The 2 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $49.8 to $54.4, and on average have given British American Tobacco a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in BTI, you'll want to know the following:

British American Tobacco's current price is -13.6% below its Graham number of $44.92, which implies the stock has a margin of safety
British American Tobacco has moved -0.9% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of -17.4%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 2.86, British American Tobacco has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 13.6 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
BTI has a forward P/E ratio of 9.8 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $3.97 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.2 compared to its sector average of 4.09
British American Tobacco p.l.c. provides tobacco and nicotine products to consumers worldwide.
Based in London, the company has 54,365 full time employees and a market cap of $86,810,107,904. British American Tobacco currently returns an annual dividend yield of 5.4%.

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