British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Stock Crosses Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average of $2,380.41

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS)’s share price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,380.41 ($29.90) and traded as high as GBX 2,425 ($30.46). British American Tobacco shares last traded at GBX 2,401 ($30.16), with a volume of 11,452,924 shares.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 3,300 ($41.46) target price on shares of British American Tobacco in a research note on Monday, April 22nd.

British American Tobacco Stock Performance

The company has a current ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 75.41. The firm has a market capitalization of £53.99 billion, a PE ratio of -371.10, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.25. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 2,347.24 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 2,380.41.

Insider Buying and Selling at British American Tobacco

In other British American Tobacco news, insider Karen Guerra acquired 4,150 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 21st. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 2,380 ($29.90) per share, with a total value of £98,770 ($124,082.91). Insiders have bought 4,169 shares of company stock worth $9,921,647 over the last 90 days. 10.46% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

British American Tobacco Company Profile

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.