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NYSE · BTI

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

Consumer Defensive · Tobacco

$61.52

Up+$0.45 (+0.74%)

Updated Oct 31, 2026, 4:39 AM

SID Score

6.5/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

56/100

Neutral

Market cap
128.1B
P/E ratio
31.22
Dividend yield
6.08%
52-week range
$50.84 – $67.30
Volume
4.82M
Avg. volume
3.99M

Price performance · BTI

BTI price history

1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

Prices through Oct 30, 2026

BTI closed at $61.52 after 21 trading sessions, up 16.87% for the selected period.

Last close
$61.52
Period change
+16.87%
Period low
$52.64
Period high
$61.52
Daily close
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BTI OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Oct 30, 2026$61.79$62.265$61.25$61.524.82M
Oct 29, 2026$60.33$61.07$60.195$61.073.98M
Oct 28, 2026$59.92$60.19$59.75$59.803.84M
Oct 27, 2026$59.315$60.07$59.28$59.835.1M
Oct 26, 2026$59.38$60.58$59.37$60.106.35M
Oct 23, 2026$59.56$59.725$58.985$59.484.48M
Oct 22, 2026$59.51$60.505$59.28$60.477.02M
Oct 21, 2026$58.655$59.01$58.39$58.905.57M
Oct 20, 2026$58.935$59.545$58.85$59.116.37M
Oct 19, 2026$59.13$59.215$58.48$58.516.02M
Oct 16, 2026$59.03$60.02$58.97$60.0013.32M
Oct 15, 2026$58.48$58.77$57.615$58.008.58M
Oct 14, 2026$56.18$56.67$55.785$56.664.33M
Oct 13, 2026$56.29$56.29$55.545$55.653.71M
Oct 12, 2026$55.64$55.915$55.42$55.622.8M
Oct 9, 2026$55.40$55.6375$55.325$55.502.66M
Oct 8, 2026$54.79$55.555$54.74$55.433.42M
Oct 7, 2026$53.66$54.085$53.435$53.903.56M
Oct 6, 2026$53.02$53.265$52.90$53.014.75M
Oct 5, 2026$52.56$52.93$52.06$52.884.56M
Oct 2, 2026$52.60$52.88$52.18$52.644.41M

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Overview

Company profile and research snapshot.

Company profile

The third-largest tobacco company by volume, British American Tobacco sold 518 billion cigarettes in 2024. Its leading brands are Dunhill, Kent, Pall Mall, Lucky Strike, and Rothmans in cigarettes. Its ownership of the Camel, Natural American Spirit, and Newport brands are limited to the US. In next-generation products, the company has the Vuse brand in vaping, Glo in heated tobacco, and Velo in modern oral tobacco. The company also owns a 22.9% stake in ITC limited, the largest Indian cigarette company.

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Analyst outlook

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Consensus
Buy
Average target
$40.00
Implied upside
—
Analysts
5
BTI recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Jun 23, 2026JefferiesBuy—
Jun 9, 2026JefferiesBuy—
May 29, 2026UBSBuy—
Apr 16, 2026JefferiesBuy—
Jan 20, 2026JefferiesBuy—
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Yahoo · Oct 15, 2026

Is South Africa’s Illicit Trade Exit and Ongoing Buybacks Altering The Investment Case For British American Tobacco (LSE:BATS)?

British American Tobacco recently continued its share buyback programme and warned that criminal syndicates now control much of South Africa’s illicit tobacco market, prompting plans to cease local production as legal cigarettes lose ground to contraband. This combination of capital returns and severe operational disruption in South Africa highlights how regulatory enforcement and illicit trade can materially reshape the group’s geographic footprint and risk profile. We’ll now examine how...

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