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BTI - British American Tobacco Plc

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British American Tobacco P.L.C. operates as a holding company for a group of companies that manufactures, markets, and sells cigarettes and other tobacco products including cigars and roll-your-own tobacco.

British American Tobacco (BAT) is one of the world's leading consumer goods companies, with nicotine and tobacco brands sold around the globe. We employ over 55 000 people, partner with over 90 000 farmers and have factories in 48 countries, with offices in even more.

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 volumes. British...

British American Tobacco Plc is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). British American Tobacco is traded on the JSE under the ticker symbol “BTI”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of JSE:BTI is GB0002875804. British American Tobacco Plc is currently the fifth most valuable stock on the JSE with a market capitalization of ZAR 1.79 trillion, which is about 8.19% of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange equity market.

BTI765.03 ▴ 33.93 (4.64%)
1 day ago
Last Trading Results
Opening Price
Day’s Low Price740.94
Day’s High Price767.50
Traded Volume698,099
Number of Deals5,031
Gross Turnover530M
Growth & Valuation
Earnings Per Share24.0655
Price/Earning Ratio31.79
Dividend Per Share54.27
Dividend Yield7.09%
Shares Outstanding2.34B
Market Capitalization1.79T
Monetary values are quoted in South African Rand (ZAR) unless otherwise stated

BTI Stock Market Performance

1WK4WK3MO
+0.1%-2.1%-1.76%
6MO1YRYTD
+21%+35.3%+13.1%

The current share price of British American Tobacco Plc (BTI) is ZAR 765.03. BTI closed its last trading day (Friday, May 16, 2025) at 765.03 ZAR per share on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), recording a 4.6% gain over its previous closing price of 731.10 ZAR. British American Tobacco began the year with a share price of 676.57 ZAR and has since gained 13.1% on that price valuation, ranking it 45th on the JSE in terms of year-to-date performance.

British American Tobacco is the 73rd most traded stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange over the past three months (Feb 12 - May 16, 2025). BTI has traded a total volume of 68.8 million shares—in 374,867 deals—valued at ZAR 51.7 billion over the period, with an average of 1.09 million traded shares per session. A volume high of 3.94 million was achieved on March 20th, and a low of 225,465 on April 29th, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of British American Tobacco on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

DateVolumeCloseChangeChange%
2025-05-16698,099765.03+33.93+4.64%
2025-05-151,789,293731.10-4.40-0.60%
2025-05-141,140,809735.50-3.36-0.45%
2025-05-131,470,216738.86-8.98-1.20%
2025-05-12784,408747.84-16.46-2.15%
2025-05-091,446,674764.30-22.79-2.90%
2025-05-08629,696787.09-17.38-2.16%
2025-05-071,474,264804.47+1.24+0.15%
2025-05-06711,279803.23+8.23+1.04%
2025-05-05765,768795.00

Profile of British American Tobacco Plc

British American Tobacco Plc was founded on July 23, 1997 and operates in the Consumer Goods sector, specifically, the Tobacco industry. British American Tobacco contracts an estimated total number of 94,846 employees.

Factsheet of British American Tobacco Plc

Sector
Consumer Goods
Industry
Tobacco
Address
Globe House, 4 Temple Place London, WC2R 2PG, United Kingdom
Telephone
+44-20-7845-1000, +27-21-003-6712

BTI Industrial Market Competitors

British American Tobacco Plc, issuers of the BTI stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, have a number of market competitors who are also engaged in the Consumer Goods sector and/or Tobacco industry. The table below presents an overview of the market standing of the top 10 by year-to-date performance.

CodeNameM. Cap.CloseYTD
ANHAnheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV2.18T1,214.28+29.5%
CFRCompagnie Financière Richemont1.92T3,574.52+28.8%
CAACA Sales Holdings Ltd9.09B18.97+17.1%
NWLNu-World Holdings Limited648M29.75+8.14%
WBCWeBuyCars Holdings Ltd19.4B46.40+7.78%
TBSTiger Brands Ltd55.3B309.29+7.01%
RCLRCL Foods Limited8.69B9.69+2%
RBORainbow Chicken Ltd3.21B3.60-0.83%
ARLAstral Foods Ltd7.84B182.59-2.36%
CKSCrookes Brothers Ltd466M30.50-3.21%

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  2. BRVM Stock Exchange
  3. Ghana Stock Exchange
  4. Johannesburg Stock Exchange
  5. Lusaka Securities Exchange
  6. Malawi Stock Exchange
  7. Nairobi Securities Exchange
  8. Nigerian Stock Exchange
  9. Uganda Securities Exchange
  10. Zimbabwe Stock Exchange

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