BTI
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
Consumer Defensive · Tobacco · NYQ
$59.72
Data: 2026-05-13
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

MODERATE MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$140.8B
Total market value of the company
13.70
Reasonably valued
12.35
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+0.1%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
30.3%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
15.8%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$67.24
+13% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
NONE
Consensus view from 5 analysts covering this stock
About British American Tobacco p.l.c.

British 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.

https://www.bat.com

Country: United Kingdom Employees: 47,797 Industry: Tobacco
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
FAIL
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
0.0% PASS
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
0.0% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$79.05
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
24.5%
Trading below fair value — margin of safety exists
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
79.8th
Ranks in the top 20% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
10.0
Valuation Score
83.5
Quality Score
75.3
Combined
47.8

Trading at $65 against a fair value of $79, a 18% discount. Moderate competitive position. 30% profit margins. Fails ethical screen (Business activity). Ranks better than 80% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
2.220
Excellent risk-adjusted returns
0.1789
Suggested allocation is meaningful — the edge justifies a position
4.141
Returns exceed worst-case losses — strong risk profile
Annual Return
56.9%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-13.8%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
11
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.12
Very low correlation to market moves
52W High
$67.30
11% below the year high
52W Low
$41.75
43% above the year low
Avg Volume
4,717,541
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
1.7
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
0.4%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
525.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$4.75
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

0.73
Moderate leverage — manageable
0.87
Below 1 means short-term obligations exceed liquid assets — risk flag
Quick Ratio
0.56
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
82.7%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
34.6%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$3.0B
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$25.6B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$7.7B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
5
Target High
$72.00
Target Median
$67.24
Target Low
$58.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-02-11 Anand (Kandy)
2026-02-11 Jobin (Luc)
2026-02-11 Kessler (Murray S)
2026-02-11 Thomas (Darrell)
2025-12-31 Thomas (Darrell)
2025-12-31 Anand (Kandy)
2025-12-31 Jobin (Luc)
2025-12-31 Kessler (Murray S)
2025-04-23 Spring Mountain Investments, Ltd. 5,554,433
2025-04-17 Spring Mountain Investments, Ltd.
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-13

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