Business description: British American Tobacco p.l.c.

British American Tobacco p.l.c. is one of the world's tobacco producers. The group also produces cigars, rolling and pipe tobacco.

In 2024, the group sold 505 billion cigarettes (owned a portfolio of over 200 brands, of which Lucky Strike, Dunhill, Kent, Pall Mall, Kool and Rothmans).

Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (43.6%), Americas and Europe (35.7%), and Asia/Pacific/Middle East/Africa (20.7%).

Number of employees: 48,989

Sales by Activity: British American Tobacco p.l.c.

Fiscal Period: December 2020 (GBP) 2021 (GBP) 2022 (GBP) 2023 (GBP) 2024 (GBP)

United States (US)

11.47B 11.69B 12.64B 11.99B 11.28B

Americas and Europe (AME),

- - - 9.79B 9.24B

Asia-pacific, Middle East and Africa (apmea)

- - - 5.5B 5.35B

Asia-Pacific and Middle East (APME)

4.54B 4.19B 4.47B - -

Americas and Sub-Saharan Africa (AMSSA)

3.77B 3.8B 4.2B - -

Europe

5.99B 6B 6.35B - -
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Geographical breakdown of sales: British American Tobacco p.l.c.

Fiscal Period: December 2020 (GBP) 2021 (GBP) 2022 (GBP) 2023 (GBP) 2024 (GBP)

All Foreign Countries

- 25.48B 27.43B 27.03B 25.61B

United Kingdom

- 209M 228M 255M 254M
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Executive Committee: British American Tobacco p.l.c.

Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 59 14/05/2023
Director of Finance/CFO 54 25/08/2025
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer - 31/01/2023
Chief Operating Officer 53 31/01/2021
Chief Operating Officer 58 30/06/2023
See BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. governance

Composition of the Board of Directors: British American Tobacco p.l.c.

Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 59 04/08/2019
Chairman 66 28/02/2021
Director/Board Member 69 13/09/2020
Director/Board Member 65 06/12/2020
Director/Board Member 68 13/02/2022
Director/Board Member 60 18/09/2022
Director/Board Member 56 03/12/2023
Director/Board Member 60 16/02/2025
Director/Board Member - 31/10/2025
Composition of the Board of Directors

Shareholders: British American Tobacco p.l.c.

NameEquities%Valuation
Capital Research & Management Co. (Global Investors)
9.565 %
208,471,320 9.565 % 11 816 M p
Capital Research & Management Co. (World Investors)
5.132 %
111,860,412 5.132 % 6 340 M p
Spring Mountain Investments Ltd.
2.818 %
61,410,486 2.818 % 3 481 M p
BlackRock Fund Advisors
2.713 %
59,125,184 2.713 % 3 351 M p
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
2.674 %
58,279,000 2.674 % 3 303 M p
NameEquities%Valuation
Caixa DTVM SA
0.001132 %
123,344 0.001132 % 1 M p
NameEquities%Valuation
Capital Research & Management Co. (International Investors)
2.939 %
64,057,419 2.939 % 3 627 M p
GQG Partners LLC
1.31 %
28,554,869 1.31 % 1 617 M p
Capital Research & Management Co. (Global Investors)
1.013 %
22,068,891 1.013 % 1 250 M p
Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLC
0.9369 %
20,420,042 0.9369 % 1 156 M p
Orbis Investment Management Ltd.
0.4369 %
9,521,130 0.4369 % 539 M p
List of BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. shareholders

Holdings: British American Tobacco p.l.c.

NameEquities%Valuation
2,869,762,693 22.91% 12 867 M $
241,843,423 94.66% 1 331 M $
157,590,931 84.13% 878 M $
393,708,222 72.91% 800 M $
130,776,269 6.28% 287 M $
2,446,508,260 50.4% 277 M $
54,624,922 32.16% 156 M $
142,765,100 50% 156 M $
40,134,389 29.73% 67 M $
126,682,956 50.13% 49 M $

Company details: British American Tobacco p.l.c.

British American Tobacco plc

Globe House

WC2R 2PG, London

+44 20 7845 1000

http://www.bat.com
address British American Tobacco p.l.c.(BATS)

Group companies: British American Tobacco p.l.c.

NameCategory and Sector
Tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco
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Other Tobacco

Change 5d. change 1-year change 3-years change Capi.($)
+2.00%+7.81%+48.81%+37.72% 124B
+1.10%+8.14%+44.91%+69.65% 266B
+0.63%+0.56%+17.71%+48.15% 32.16B
+0.27%-7.83%-10.99%-16.94% 8.86B
+0.54%+3.13%+48.01%+228.02% 3.85B
+0.16%+0.74%+12.19%+12.86% 2.52B
+2.24%+13.58%+107.13%+428.93% 2.2B
-4.37%-15.47%+555.58%+7,617.14% 1.43B
-0.02%+1.55%+9.43%+1.87% 1.38B
-1.00%+2.06%+164.35%+191.61% 632M
Average +0.18%+1.72%+99.71%+861.90% 44.32B
Weighted average by Cap. +1.26%+8.05%+44.77%+84.67%
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Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
12
Last Close Price
42.40GBP
Average target price
44.88GBP
Spread / Average Target
+5.84%
Consensus

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise

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