British American Tobacco p.l.c.

LSE:BATS Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£70.2b

British American Tobacco Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

LSE:BATS Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
01 Apr 25SellUK£1,003,730Tadeu MarrocoIndividual31,544UK£31.82
01 Apr 25SellUK£1,755Mihovil DijanosicIndividual55UK£31.91
26 Mar 25SellUK£218,956Kingsley WheatonIndividual6,982UK£31.36
26 Mar 25SellUK£187,376Johan VandermeulenIndividual5,975UK£31.36
26 Mar 25SellUK£141,967Zafar KhanIndividual4,527UK£31.36
26 Mar 25SellUK£299,645Tadeu MarrocoIndividual9,555UK£31.36
26 Mar 25SellUK£174,550Jerome AbelmanIndividual5,566UK£31.36
26 Mar 25SellUK£162,633Luciano CominIndividual5,186UK£31.36
26 Mar 25SellUK£141,967Mihovil DijanosicIndividual4,527UK£31.36
26 Mar 25SellUK£271,484Kingsley WheatonIndividual8,657UK£31.36
26 Mar 25SellUK£233,946Johan VandermeulenIndividual7,460UK£31.36
26 Mar 25SellUK£181,606Zafar KhanIndividual5,791UK£31.36
26 Mar 25SellUK£216,415Jerome AbelmanIndividual6,901UK£31.36
26 Mar 25SellUK£201,613Luciano CominIndividual6,429UK£31.36
26 Mar 25SellUK£181,606Mihovil DijanosicIndividual5,791UK£31.36
25 Mar 25SellUK£166,145Kingsley WheatonIndividual5,298UK£31.36
25 Mar 25SellUK£143,190Johan VandermeulenIndividual4,566UK£31.36
25 Mar 25SellUK£111,171Zafar KhanIndividual3,545UK£31.36
25 Mar 25SellUK£132,433Jerome AbelmanIndividual4,223UK£31.36
25 Mar 25SellUK£123,402Luciano CominIndividual3,935UK£31.36
25 Mar 25SellUK£111,171Mihovil DijanosicIndividual3,545UK£31.36
08 May 24BuyUK£45,544Kingsley WheatonIndividual1,904UK£23.93
02 May 24BuyUK£1,016Kingsley WheatonIndividual43UK£23.63
02 May 24BuyUK£1,016Johan VandermeulenIndividual43UK£23.63
02 May 24BuyUK£1,134Tadeu MarrocoIndividual48UK£23.63
02 May 24BuyUK£1,040Jerome AbelmanIndividual44UK£23.63
02 May 24BuyUK£1,040Luciano CominIndividual44UK£23.63

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: BATS insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of BATS?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Public Companies52,5000.00218%
Employee Share Scheme1,458,5720.0605%
State or Government2,396,8920.0994%
Private Companies261,726,18410.9%
Individual Insiders262,001,94510.9%
Institutions1,884,021,93778.1%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 85.9% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
30.2%
Capital Research and Management Company
662,077,922UK£21.2b89.2%1.38%
11.9%
Kenneth Dart
260,902,681UK£8.3b13.9%no data
11.7%
Spring Mountain Investments Ltd.
256,217,740UK£8.2b-2.01%no data
6.78%
BlackRock, Inc.
148,766,477UK£4.8b-1.4%0.1%
4.51%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
98,996,236UK£3.2b1.29%0.06%
3.39%
Standard Bank Group, Asset Management Arm
74,364,515UK£2.4b28,400%77.67%
1.71%
GQG Partners LLC
37,497,962UK£1.2b6.97%1.24%
1.56%
First Eagle Investment Management, LLC
34,256,110UK£1.1b-5.02%1.84%
1.52%
FMR LLC
33,466,184UK£1.1b3.64%0.09%
1.41%
UBS Asset Management AG
30,895,612UK£987.4m-5.8%0.11%
1.32%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
29,009,054UK£927.2m-4.88%0.28%
1.22%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
26,890,698UK£859.4m3.72%0.04%
1.12%
Wellington Management Group LLP
24,564,272UK£785.1m32.6%0.18%
1.01%
Mondrian Investment Partners Limited
22,208,189UK£709.8m52%6.35%
0.79%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
17,421,407UK£556.8m-6.74%0.31%
0.78%
Allan Gray Proprietary Ltd.
17,150,056UK£548.1m-6.6%7.22%
0.71%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
15,624,273UK£499.4m-0.35%0.15%
0.63%
British American Tobacco plc ESOP
13,902,413UK£444.3m-3.26%no data
0.58%
Pictet Asset Management Limited
12,781,094UK£408.5m0.43%0.4%
0.57%
Orbis Investment Management Limited
12,505,148UK£399.7m-5.87%1.77%
0.55%
Independent Franchise Partners, LLP
12,041,767UK£384.9m31.1%2.89%
0.53%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
11,634,273UK£371.8m-11.6%0.04%
0.53%
Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., Asset Management Arm
11,613,324UK£371.2m107%5.12%
0.5%
JPMorgan Chase & Co, Private Banking and Investment Banking Investments
10,921,304UK£349.1m11.9%0.11%
0.47%
Royal London Asset Management Ltd.
10,273,961UK£328.4m-1.33%0.56%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/04/15 07:23
End of Day Share Price 2025/04/15 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
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  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

British American Tobacco p.l.c. is covered by 42 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David ColemanArgus Research Company
Michael SteereAvior Capital Markets
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research