Overall, the company has poor fundamentals for a medium to long-term investment strategy.
The company's Refinitiv ESG score, based on a ranking of the company relative to its industry, comes out particularly well.
Highlights: British American Tobacco p.l.c.
Before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the company's margins are particularly high.
The group's activity appears highly profitable thanks to its outperforming net margins.
With a P/E ratio at 9.25 for the current year and 8.76 for next year, earnings multiples are highly attractive compared with competitors.
Given the positive cash flows generated by its business, the company's valuation level is an asset.
This company will be of major interest to investors in search of a high dividend stock.
Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
Weaknesses: British American Tobacco p.l.c.
According to Standard & Poor's' forecast, revenue growth prospects are expected to be very low for the next fiscal years.
The potential for earnings per share (EPS) growth in the coming years appears limited according to current analyst estimates.
The company is in a hindered financial situation with significant debt and rather low EBITDA levels.
With an enterprise value anticipated at 3.74 times the sales for the current fiscal year, the company turns out to be overvalued.
For the last twelve months, sales expectations have been significantly downgraded, which means that less important sales volumes are expected for the current fiscal year over the previous period.
Revenue estimates are regularly revised downwards for the current and coming years.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' consensus has been significantly revised downwards.
The price targets of various analysts who make up the consensus differ significantly. This reflects different assessments and/or a difficulty in valuing the company.
The company's earnings releases usually do not meet expectations.