British American Tobacco p.l.c. (NYSE:BTI) Shares Purchased by First National Trust Co

First National Trust Co raised its position in British American Tobacco p.l.c. (NYSE:BTI) by 7.8% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 11,700 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 850 shares during the quarter. First National Trust Co’s holdings in British American Tobacco were worth $343,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in BTI. Stifel Financial Corp increased its stake in British American Tobacco by 5.8% during the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 554,070 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,403,000 after buying an additional 30,238 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC increased its stake in shares of British American Tobacco by 1,466.5% during the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 98,812 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,894,000 after acquiring an additional 92,504 shares during the period. QRG Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in British American Tobacco in the third quarter worth approximately $4,036,000. Belpointe Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of British American Tobacco during the 3rd quarter valued at $1,487,000. Finally, ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co Ltd raised its stake in shares of British American Tobacco by 40.1% in the 4th quarter. ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co Ltd now owns 1,394,129 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,834,000 after buying an additional 399,359 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 21.44% of the company’s stock.

British American Tobacco Stock Performance

Shares of BTI stock opened at $29.98 on Monday. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a fifty-two week low of $28.25 and a fifty-two week high of $35.85. The company has a quick ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $29.78 and a 200 day simple moving average of $30.09.

British American Tobacco Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, February 6th. Investors of record on Friday, December 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.7431 per share. This represents a $2.97 annualized dividend and a yield of 9.91%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 20th.

British American Tobacco Profile

British American Tobacco p.l.c. engages in the provision of tobacco and nicotine products to consumers worldwide. It also offers vapour, heated, and modern oral nicotine products; combustible cigarettes; and traditional oral products, such as snus and moist snuff. The company offers its products under the Vuse, glo, Velo, Grizzly, Kodiak, Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Rothmans, Camel, Natural American Spirit, Newport, Vogue, Viceroy, Kool, Peter Stuyvesant, Craven A, State Express 555 and Shuang Xi brands.