Imperial Brands (BATS-CHIXE:IMBL) - Stock Price, News & Analysis

IMBL Stock Overview

Manufactures, imports, markets, and sells tobacco and tobacco-related products in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. More details

IMBL fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	5/6
Future Growth	1/6
Past Performance	5/6
Financial Health	3/6
Dividends	5/6

Rewards

Trading at 65.7% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings have grown 10.4% per year over the past 5 years

Trading at good value compared to peers and industry

Risk Analysis

Earnings are forecast to decline by an average of 4.8% per year for the next 3 years

Has a high level of debt

Unstable dividend track record

Imperial Brands PLC Competitors

Associated British Foods

LSE:ABF

UK£15.8b

Coca-Cola HBC

LSE:CCH

UK£9.9b

Diageo

LSE:DGE

UK£52.4b

Britvic

LSE:BVIC

UK£3.2b

Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for Imperial Brands
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£25.13
52 Week High	UK£25.17
52 Week Low	UK£16.62
Beta	0.40
11 Month Change	8.69%
3 Month Change	17.70%
1 Year Change	33.92%
33 Year Change	55.17%
5 Year Change	47.01%
Change since IPO	-0.55%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	IMBL	GB Tobacco	GB Market
7D	7.2%	5.3%	0.7%
1Y	33.9%	17.6%	6.1%

Return vs Industry: IMBL exceeded the UK Tobacco industry which returned 17.9% over the past year.

Return vs Market: IMBL exceeded the UK Market which returned 6.3% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is IMBL's price volatile compared to industry and market?
IMBL volatility
IMBL Average Weekly Movement	2.4%
Tobacco Industry Average Movement	2.3%
Market Average Movement	4.7%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market	10.4%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market	2.6%

Stable Share Price: IMBL has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the UK market.

Volatility Over Time: IMBL's weekly volatility (2%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1636	25,600	Stefan Bomhard	www.imperialbrandsplc.com

Imperial Brands PLC, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, imports, markets, and sells tobacco and tobacco-related products in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. It offers a range of cigarettes, tobacco accessories, vapour, heated tobacco, and oral nicotine. The company sells its products under various brands, including JPS, Davidoff, Gauloises, West, Winston, Kool, Lambert & Butler, Fortuna, Nobel, News, Backwoods, Champion, Golden Virginia, Rizla, Blu, Pulze, Skruf, and Zone X. In addition, it engages in the distribution of tobacco and NGP products for tobacco and NGP product manufacturers; and various non-tobacco and NGP products and services.

Imperial Brands PLC Fundamentals Summary

How do Imperial Brands's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
IMBL fundamental statistics
Market cap	UK£20.89b
Earnings (TTM)	UK£2.61b
Revenue (TTM)	UK£18.49b

8.0x

P/E Ratio

1.1x

P/S Ratio

Is IMBL overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
IMBL income statement (TTM)
Revenue	UK£18.49b
Cost of Revenue	UK£11.71b
Gross Profit	UK£6.78b
Other Expenses	UK£4.17b
Earnings	UK£2.61b

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	3.14
Gross Margin	36.67%
Net Profit Margin	14.14%
Debt/Equity Ratio	151.2%

How did IMBL perform over the long term?

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Dividends

6.1%

Current Dividend Yield

51%

Payout Ratio

Does IMBL pay a reliable dividends?

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When do you need to buy IMBL by to receive an upcoming dividend?
Imperial Brands dividend dates
Ex Dividend Date	Nov 28 2024
Dividend Pay Date	Dec 31 2024
Days until Ex dividend	7 days
Days until Dividend pay date	40 days

Does IMBL pay a reliable dividends?

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IMBL Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

Imperial Brands PLC Competitors

LSE:ABF

UK£15.8b

LSE:CCH

UK£9.9b

LSE:DGE

UK£52.4b

LSE:BVIC

UK£3.2b

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

Imperial Brands PLC, Annual General Meeting, Jan 29, 2025

Imperial Brands plc Announces That Diane De Saint Victor Steps Down as Non-Executive Director

Imperial Brands plc Announces Third Interim Dividend for the Fiscal Year 2024, Payable on December 31, 2024

Imperial Brands PLC Appoints Priyali Kamath as President

Dividend of UK£0.22 announced

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.96 (vs UK£1.17 in 1H 2023)

Recent updates

Imperial Brands PLC, Annual General Meeting, Jan 29, 2025

Imperial Brands plc Announces That Diane De Saint Victor Steps Down as Non-Executive Director

Imperial Brands plc Announces Third Interim Dividend for the Fiscal Year 2024, Payable on December 31, 2024

Imperial Brands PLC Appoints Priyali Kamath as President

Dividend of UK£0.22 announced

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.96 (vs UK£1.17 in 1H 2023)

Dividend increased to UK£0.22

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Imperial Brands PLC Approves Interim Dividend, Payable on 28 June 2024 and 30 September 2024 Respectively

New minor risk - Insider selling

CFO & Director recently sold UK£1.0m worth of stock

High number of new directors

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.52 per share at 7.9% yield

Imperial Brands PLC Announces Changes to Membership of Board Committees, Effective January 1, 2024

Imperial Brands PLC, Annual General Meeting, Jan 31, 2024

Imperial Brands PLC Proposes Final Dividend, Payable on 28 March 2024

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£2.52 (vs UK£1.66 in FY 2022)

Imperial Brands PLC (LSE:IMB) announces an Equity Buyback for £1,100 million worth of its shares.

Imperial Brands PLC to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Nov 14, 2023

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.22 per share at 7.7% yield

Imperial Brands PLC (LSE:IMB) acquired US Nicotine Pouches Range from TJP Labs Inc. for $82.2 million.

Imperial Brands PLC (LSE:IMB) acquired US Nicotine Pouches Range from TJP Labs Inc. for $82.2 million.

Imperial Brands PLC to Report Q2, 2023 Results on May 16, 2023

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£117 (vs UK£1.05 in 1H 2022)

Imperial Brands plc Proposes Interim Dividend

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.49 per share at 7.0% yield

Imperial Brands plc Appoints Andrew Gilchrist as Non-Executive Director, with Effect from 1 March 2023

Imperial Brands PLC, Annual General Meeting, Feb 01, 2023

High number of new directors

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.21 per share

First half 2022 earnings released: EPS: UK£1.05 (vs UK£1.91 in 1H 2021)

Imperial Brands plc Approves Interim Dividend, Payable on 30 June 2022 and 30 September 2022 in Two Payments, Respectively

High number of new directors

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.48 per share

Imperial Brands PLC to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Nov 15, 2022

Full year 2021 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£3.00 (vs UK£1.58 in FY 2020)

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.21 per share

Non-Executive Director recently bought UK£156k worth of stock

Executive Officer Oliver Tant has left the company

President & CEO of ITG Brands Oliver Kutz has left the company

Non-Executive Director Pierre-Jean Jerome Sivignon has left the company

First half 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£1.91 (vs UK£0.56 in 1H 2020)

Imperial Brands PLC to Report First Half, 2021 Results on May 18, 2021

New 90-day low: UK£13.31

Non-Executive Director recently bought UK£95k worth of stock

Imperial Brands plc Announces Board Changes

Upcoming Dividend of UK£0.48 Per Share

An undisclosed buyer acquired Balkanskaya Zvezda ZAO from Imperial Brands PLC (LSE:IMB).

Imperial Brands PLC Confirms Alan Johnson Joined the Board as A Non-Executive Director

New 90-day high: UK£15.84

Full year 2020 earnings released: EPS UK£1.58

CFO & Executive Director recently bought UK£159k worth of stock

New 90-day high: UK£15.77

Imperial Brands PLC Appoints Alan Johnson as Non-Executive Director, Effective 1 January 2021

Imperial Brands plc Confirms That Bob Kunze-Concewitzyesterday Joined the Board as A Non-Executive Director

An investment consortia of individual investors completed the acquisition of premium cigar businesses in rest of the world from Imperial Brands PLC (LSE:IMB) for €1.2 billion.

Imperial Brands PLC Announces Management Changes

An investment consortia of individual investors signed a sale agreement to acquire premium cigar businesses in rest of the world from Imperial Brands PLC (LSE:IMB) for €1 billion.