With 2.29 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 3.97 million shares. During the session, the Tobacco company that operates in wider Consumer Defensive sector, reached to the highest price of $39.85 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $39.55. The 52-week range on BTI shows that it touched its highest point at $39.76 and its lowest point at $28.25 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $34.50. With its current market cap of 87.25 billion, BTI has annualized dividend of $2.99 while the current yield stands at 7.55%. BTI paid its most recent dividend on 1734652800, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1734652800. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.54.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of BTI was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 4.56%, but this was up by 9.93% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 15.03% while six-month performance rose 11.22%. The stock gained 31.96% in the past year, while it has gained 9.14% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BTI yields -7.77 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.74. For the next quarter, that number is 2.50. This implies an EPS growth rate of -3.78% for this year and 4.13% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 2.22 billion BTI shares are outstanding with a float of 2.20 billion shares on hand for trading. On 2025-01-15, short shares totaled 5.04 million, which was 23.0 higher than short shares on 1734048000. In addition to Mr. Tadeu Luiz Marroco as the firm’s CEO, Member of Management Board & Executive Director, Ms. Soraya Benchikh serves as its CFO, Member of Management Board & Executive Director.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.09238 of BTI’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
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Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for BTI since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With BTI analysts setting a high price target of 50.0 and a low target of 34.5, the average target price over the next 12 months is 40.96. Based on these targets, BTI could surge 26.14% to reach the target high and fall by -12.97% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 3.33% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $3.65649 being high and $3.62442 being low. For BTI, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.64045. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.
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