British American Tobacco p.l.c. (BTI)

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.

Symbol
BTI
Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Tobacco
52 week range
49.88 - 67.3

Valuation

Share price
$55.85 (close of 2026-09-23)
P/E (TTM)
11.93x
Price to book
2.01x
Price to free cash flow
16.72x

Price performance

PeriodChange
1 day+0.18%
5 days-1.19%
1 month-0.64%
3 months-8.05%
6 months-3.57%
Year to date-1.36%
1 year+5.00%
3 years+67.72%
5 years+51.48%
10 years-12.69%
All time+8626.56%

Profitability and growth

Return on equity
16.13%
Return on invested capital
9.95%
Return on assets
7.10%
Return on capital employed
10.55%
Gross margin
40.43%
Net margin
30.32%
EBITDA margin
48.98%
Revenue growth
-0.99%
Net income growth
153.06%
Free cash flow growth
-39.92%

Cash flow and balance sheet

Free cash flow yield (TTM)
5.98%
Current ratio
0.87x
Net debt to EBITDA
2.22x

Latest reported year

Period end
2025-12-31
Fiscal year
2025
Shares outstanding
2.19B

Margins and returns by year

Period endGross marginNet marginReturn on equityReturn on capital
2025-12-3140.43%30.32%16.13%9.95%
2024-12-3112.05%11.86%6.14%2.91%
2023-12-31--52.66%-27.14%-14.63%
2022-12-3139.22%24.10%8.80%6.97%
2021-12-3141.03%26.48%10.09%7.72%
2020-12-3139.84%24.83%10.17%7.57%
2019-12-3136.29%22.04%8.89%6.50%
2018-12-3139.08%24.63%9.18%6.48%
2017-12-3133.75%191.60%61.47%5.98%
2016-12-3133.96%32.89%55.29%12.64%

Investor relations

Past earnings dates

ReportedFiscal periodEPS estimate
2026-02-12Dec/2025-
2025-07-23--
2025-02-06--
2024-07-25--
2024-02-08--
2023-12-30--
2023-09-30--
2023-07-26--

Filings and sources

Company website
bat.com
SEC filings
10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
Earnings calendar
All upcoming reports

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