British American Tobacco Plc ADR (NYSE:BTI) does about 6.08M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 6850831 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 99.58B USD. Its current market price is $45.39, marking an increase of 0.42% compared to the previous close of $45.20. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $45.41 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $30.29.
The consensus objective for the share price is $33.50, suggesting that the stock has a potential downside of -35.49% over the period.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 2 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 1 advise that it is a overweight. 1 analysts have rated it as a buy and 0 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Strong Buy and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Hold the stock.
Morgan Stanley downgraded its price target at $33.
The current price level is 4.09%, 7.10%, and 17.25% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the BTI price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. British American Tobacco Plc ADR (BTI) stock is up 0.38% over the week and 4.83% over the past month. Its price is 24.97% year-to-date and 51.20% over the past year.
The company’s next earnings report forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at 0 and 4.58 for whole year.
To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to shrink -35.49 percent from here.
Outstanding shares total 2.20B with insiders holding 5.26% of the shares and institutional holders owning 10.53% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of 3.68% and return on equity of 5.87%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 26.91 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 9.33. The beta has a value of 0.32. Price to book ratio is 1.61 and price to sales ratio is 3.01.
