British American Tobacco Past Earnings Performance

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British American Tobacco's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -19.8%, while the Tobacco industry saw earnings growing at 9.7% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 2.3% per year.

Key information

-19.8%

Earnings growth rate

-19.7%

EPS growth rate

Tobacco Industry Growth	9.2%
Revenue growth rate	2.3%
Return on equity	-26.8%
Net Margin	-52.8%
Next Earnings Update	25 Jul 2024

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Is Looking To Continue Growing Its Returns On Capital

Mar 05

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Is Paying Out A Larger Dividend Than Last Year

Feb 13

Is British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Using Debt In A Risky Way?

Feb 09

The Return Trends At British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Look Promising

Nov 06

These 4 Measures Indicate That British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well

Sep 12

Returns On Capital Are Showing Encouraging Signs At British American Tobacco (LON:BATS)

Jul 27

British American Tobacco's (LON:BATS) Dividend Will Be Increased To £0.5772

Jul 03

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.5772

Jun 10

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At £0.5772

May 22

British American Tobacco's (LON:BATS) Dividend Will Be Increased To £0.5772

May 08

Is British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Using Too Much Debt?

Apr 04

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At £0.5772

Feb 12

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) May Have Issues Allocating Its Capital

Feb 07

Beyond Meat, Tesla and British American Tobacco: Our lukewarm take on recent earnings and news

Dec 08

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Is Paying Out A Dividend Of £0.5445

Dec 08

Is British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Using Too Much Debt?

Nov 20

Some Investors May Be Worried About British American Tobacco's (LON:BATS) Returns On Capital

Oct 05

Analysts Are Updating Their British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Estimates After Its Half-Year Results

Jul 29

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
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How British American Tobacco makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

LSE:BATS Revenue, expenses and earnings (GBP Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses
31 Dec 23	27,283	-14,412	3,856
30 Sep 23	27,755	-2,847	3,898
30 Jun 23	28,227	8,718	3,940
31 Mar 23	27,941	7,668	3,885
31 Dec 22	27,655	6,617	3,829
30 Sep 22	27,017	5,996	3,813
30 Jun 22	26,378	5,375	3,796
31 Mar 22	26,031	6,082	3,802
31 Dec 21	25,684	6,789	3,808
30 Sep 21	25,682	6,491	3,794
30 Jun 21	25,680	6,193	3,780
31 Mar 21	25,728	6,297	3,770
31 Dec 20	25,776	6,400	3,760
30 Sep 20	25,877	6,374	3,237
30 Jun 20	25,978	6,347	2,713
31 Mar 20	25,928	6,026	2,794
31 Dec 19	25,877	5,704	2,874
30 Sep 19	25,452	5,930	2,967
30 Jun 19	25,026	6,156	3,060
31 Mar 19	24,759	6,094	3,030
31 Dec 18	24,492	6,032	3,000
30 Sep 18	24,137	21,973	2,946
30 Jun 18	23,782	37,914	2,891
31 Mar 18	21,673	37,700	2,752
31 Dec 17	19,564	37,485	2,612
30 Sep 17	17,222	20,862	2,425
30 Jun 17	15,500	4,238	2,237
31 Mar 17	15,126	4,443	2,171
31 Dec 16	14,130	4,648	2,105
30 Sep 16	13,185	4,482	2,057
30 Jun 16	13,375	4,316	2,008
31 Mar 16	13,240	4,303	1,980
31 Dec 15	12,536	4,290	1,952
30 Sep 15	13,338	4,152	1,977
30 Jun 15	13,571	4,013	2,001
31 Mar 15	13,771	3,564	2,035
31 Dec 14	13,971	3,115	2,068
30 Sep 14	14,229	3,363	2,147
30 Jun 14	14,486	3,611	2,225
31 Mar 14	14,873	3,758	2,294
31 Dec 13	15,260	3,904	2,363
30 Sep 13	15,285	3,917	2,380
30 Jun 13	15,310	3,929	2,397

Quality Earnings: BATS is currently unprofitable.

Growing Profit Margin: BATS is currently unprofitable.

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: BATS is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 19.8% per year.

Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare BATS's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable

Earnings vs Industry: BATS is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Tobacco industry (-0.1%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: BATS has a negative Return on Equity (-26.81%), as it is currently unprofitable.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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British American Tobacco Past Earnings Performance

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Recent past performance updates

British American Tobacco p.l.c. to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Final Results on Mar 14, 2024

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£1.77 (vs UK£0.81 in 1H 2022)

British American Tobacco p.l.c. to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Feb 08, 2024

Full year 2022 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

Recent updates

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LSE:BATS) announces an Equity Buyback for £1,600 million worth of its shares.

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.59 per share

BAT Reportedly to Launch ITC Selldown as Soon as This Week

British American Tobacco P.L.C. Declares Quarterly Interim Dividends for the Year Ended 31 December 2023, Payable on August 2024, November 2024 and February 2025

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Is Looking To Continue Growing Its Returns On Capital

Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP Announces Securities Fraud Class Action Lawsuit Against British American Tobacco P.L.C

British American Tobacco Reportedly Looks to Raise $2.5 Billion by Trimming Stake in ITC

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Is Paying Out A Larger Dividend Than Last Year

British American Tobacco Reportedly Looks to Raise $2.5 Billion by Trimming Stake in ITC

Fourth quarter dividend of UK£0.59 announced

British American Tobacco p.l.c. to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Final Results on Mar 14, 2024

Is British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Using Debt In A Risky Way?

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

British American Tobacco p.l.c. Provides Revenue Guidance for the Full Year 2024

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

British American Tobacco p.l.c. Announces Board Changes

British American Tobacco p.l.c. Reaches Global Settlement with Philip Morris International Inc

Adinkra group acquired Several cigarette brands from British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LSE:BATS).

Rosen Law Firm Files a Class Action Lawsuit Against British American Tobacco p.l.c

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 113%

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.58 per share at 10% yield

British American Tobacco p.l.c. Declares Quarterly Interim Dividend, Payable on 1 February 2024

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 88%

British American Tobacco p.l.c. Reiterates Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2023

British American Tobacco P.L.C. Announces Directorate Change

The Return Trends At British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Look Promising

British American Tobacco P.L.C. Announces Executive Changes

British American Tobacco p.l.c. Appoints Cora Koppe-Stahrenberg as Chief People Officer with Effect from 1 November 2023

British American Tobacco P.L.C. Announces Appointment of Murray S. Kessler to the Board as Independent Non-Executive Director and Member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committees, Effective on 6 November 2023

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.58 per share at 8.4% yield

British American Tobacco p.l.c. Declares Quarterly Interim Dividend, Payable on 3 November 2023

A consortium led by BAT Russia management acquired Russian and Belarusian businesses of British American Tobacco

These 4 Measures Indicate That British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well

A consortium led by BAT Russia management entered into an agreement to acquire Russian and Belarusian businesses of British American Tobacco.

A consortium led by BAT Russia management entered into an agreement to acquire Russian and Belarusian businesses of British American Tobacco.

British American Tobacco p.l.c. Appoints Caroline Ferland as Group Company Secretary, Effective 1 September 2023

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£1.77 (vs UK£0.81 in 1H 2022)

Returns On Capital Are Showing Encouraging Signs At British American Tobacco (LON:BATS)

British American Tobacco p.l.c. to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Feb 08, 2024

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.58 per share at 8.8% yield

British American Tobacco P.L.C. Declares Quarterly Dividend, Payable on August 18, 2023

British American Tobacco's (LON:BATS) Dividend Will Be Increased To £0.5772

British American Tobacco P.L.C. Announces Executive Changes

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.5772

Kingsway Capital Reportedly in Talks with British American Tobacco and Japan Tobacco over Air Stake Sale

British American Tobacco p.l.c. Reaffirms Earnings Guidance for the Year 2023

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At £0.5772

BAT plc Announces CEO Changes

British American Tobacco's (LON:BATS) Dividend Will Be Increased To £0.5772

Key Executive recently sold UK£718k worth of stock

Is British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Using Too Much Debt?

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.58 per share at 7.8% yield

Independent Non-Executive Director recently bought UK£101k worth of stock

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At £0.5772

Full year 2022 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

British American Tobacco p.l.c., Annual General Meeting, Apr 19, 2023

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) May Have Issues Allocating Its Capital

British American Tobacco p.l.c. Announces Management Changes

Insider recently bought UK£66k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.54 per share

British American Tobacco P.L.C. Announces Quarterly Dividend for the Quarter Ended December 31, 2022, Payable on February 2, 2023

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British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Is Paying Out A Dividend Of £0.5445

British American Tobacco p.l.c. Provides Revenue Guidance for Fiscal Year 2022

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Upcoming dividend of UK£0.54 per share

British American Tobacco's (LON:BATS) Dividend Will Be £0.5445

British American Tobacco p.l.c. Declares Quarterly Interim Dividend, Payable on 10 November 2022

Director of Talent recently sold UK£175k worth of stock

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
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