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British American Tobacco (FRA:BMTA) Dividends per Share : €2.71 (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is British American Tobacco Dividends per Share?

British American Tobacco's dividends per share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was €1.35. Its dividends per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was €2.71. Its Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.60. As of today, British American Tobacco's Dividend Yield % is 9.40%.

Good Sign:

British American Tobacco PLC stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.

During the past 12 months, British American Tobacco's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.40% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of British American Tobacco was 22.50% per year. The lowest was -79.80% per year. And the median was 9.30% per year.

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British American Tobacco Dividends per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for British American Tobacco's Dividends per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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British American Tobacco Dividends per Share Chart

British American Tobacco Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividends per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.39 2.37 2.56 2.51 2.70

British American Tobacco Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Dividends per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.29 1.23 1.29 1.36 1.35

Competitive Comparison of British American Tobacco's Dividends per Share

For the Tobacco subindustry, British American Tobacco's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


British American Tobacco's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Tobacco Products Industry

For the Tobacco Products industry and Consumer Defensive sector, British American Tobacco's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where British American Tobacco's Dividend Yield % falls into.



British American Tobacco Dividends per Share Calculation

Dividends paid to per common share.


British American Tobacco  (FRA:BMTA) Dividends per Share Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

British American Tobacco's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Dec. 2023 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=1.346/ 2.252
=0.60

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of British American Tobacco was 0.77. The lowest was 0.59. And the median was 0.64.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

British American Tobacco Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.7430592024-03-212024-03-222024-05-07Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.920000
USD 0.7318032023-12-212023-12-222024-02-06Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.917000
USD 0.7138802023-09-282023-09-292023-11-08Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.937000
USD 0.7344002023-07-132023-07-142023-08-23Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.904000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.


British American Tobacco's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=2.687480791/28.90
=9.30 %

Current Share Price is €28.90.
British American Tobacco's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is €2.687480791.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of British American Tobacco was 10.10%. The lowest was 2.79%. And the median was 6.06%.

Good Sign:

British American Tobacco PLC stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


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British American Tobacco (FRA:BMTA) Business Description

Address
Globe House, 4 Temple Place, London, GBR, WC2R 2PG
Following the acquisition of Reynolds American, British American Tobacco is neck-and-neck with Philip Morris International to be the largest listed Global tobacco company--slightly larger than PMI on net revenue, but slightly smaller on total tobacco volume. British American's Global Drive Brands are Dunhill, Kent, Pall Mall, Lucky Strike, and Rothmans, and it also owns Newport and Camel in the U.S. The firm also sells vapor e-cigarettes, primarily its Vuse brand, heated tobacco, with Glo, as well Velo modern oral tobacco products. The company holds 29% of ITC Limited, the leading Indian cigarette-maker.

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