Short Interest in Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (OTCMKTS:IMBBY) Grows By 406.1%

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (OTCMKTS:IMBBY) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of February. As of February 13th, there was short interest totaling 68,566 shares, a growth of 406.1% from the January 29th total of 13,547 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 198,895 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.3 days. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s shares are sold short. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 198,895 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.3 days.

Imperial Tobacco Group Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of Imperial Tobacco Group stock opened at $44.83 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $42.58 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $42.10. Imperial Tobacco Group has a 12-month low of $34.62 and a 12-month high of $45.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.57, a current ratio of 0.74 and a quick ratio of 0.37.

Imperial Tobacco Group Company Profile

Imperial Tobacco Group, historically established in the United Kingdom in 1901 and now operating under the Imperial Brands name, is a multinational tobacco and nicotine company headquartered in Bristol, England. The company’s core business is the manufacture, marketing and sale of tobacco products and alternative nicotine offerings to adult consumers. It supplies products through a combination of owned channels and third-party distributors and focuses on managing an international portfolio of consumer tobacco and nicotine brands.

Product categories include manufactured cigarettes, cigars and fine-cut tobacco for roll-your-own use, together with a growing range of next-generation nicotine products such as vaping devices, heated tobacco and non-combustible nicotine formats that reflect a strategic shift toward reduced-risk alternatives.