British American Tobacco p.l.c.

JSE:BTI Stock Report

Market Cap: R1.5t

British American Tobacco Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 3/6

British American Tobacco has a total shareholder equity of £54.5B and total debt of £39.8B, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 73.2%. Its total assets and total liabilities are £119.4B and £64.9B respectively. British American Tobacco's EBIT is £11.0B making its interest coverage ratio 6.7. It has cash and short-term investments of £6.6B.

Key information

73.2%

Debt to equity ratio

UK£39.85b

Debt

Interest coverage ratio6.7x
CashUK£6.63b
EquityUK£54.47b
Total liabilitiesUK£64.90b
Total assetsUK£119.37b

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Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: BTI's short term assets (£15.9B) do not cover its short term liabilities (£18.0B).

Long Term Liabilities: BTI's short term assets (£15.9B) do not cover its long term liabilities (£46.9B).


Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: BTI's net debt to equity ratio (61%) is considered high.

Reducing Debt: BTI's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 76.7% to 73.2% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: BTI's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (26.4%).

Interest Coverage: BTI's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (6.7x coverage).


Balance Sheet


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