Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) Insider Jon Stanton Buys 398,802 Shares of Stock

Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) insider Jon Stanton purchased 398,802 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 6th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 2,597 ($32.10) per share, with a total value of £10,356,887.94 ($12,802,086.45).

Imperial Brands Stock Performance

LON IMB opened at GBX 2,624 ($32.44) on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 217.64, a current ratio of 0.64 and a quick ratio of 0.41. The company has a market cap of £22.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 1,140.87, a P/E/G ratio of 16.51 and a beta of 0.42. The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 2,496.19 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 2,263.47. Imperial Brands PLC has a 1-year low of GBX 1,662 ($20.54) and a 1-year high of GBX 2,636 ($32.58).

Imperial Brands Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, February 20th will be issued a GBX 54.26 ($0.67) dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 20th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.43%. This is a boost from Imperial Brands’s previous dividend of $22.45. Imperial Brands’s payout ratio is 6,652.17%.

Imperial Brands Company Profile

We are Imperial Brands, a global consumer-focused organisation and the fourth largest international tobacco company.

We’re driven by our purpose: to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure. The world’s one billion adult smokers are seeking new and potentially less harmful products and we are committed to meeting their diverse and evolving needs.