Consumer Defensive
Live Price
Offline$61.62
+1.10% today
1Y Change
+37.01%
Window
Jun 27, 2025 → Jun 23, 2026
Coverage: 247 bars · Jun 27, 2025 → Jun 23, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
British American Tobacco p.l.c. (BTAFF) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $93.17B. The stock last traded around $61.62 and up 37.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 27, 2025 → Jun 23, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -1.0%, EPS growth of +156.2%, a dividend yield of 5.6%. What stands out right now is revenue -1.0%, EPS +156.2%, free cash flow -40.8% with operating margin 39.6% and ROIC 8.1%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 5.6%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 12.1 and price/sales 3.6. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines BTAFF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
BTAFF
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
BTAFF Max Drawdown
-16.87%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for BTAFF and SPY.
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
5.61%
Trailing 12M Payout
$4.86
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 2026 | Dec 29, 2026 | Feb 3, 2027 | $0.81 | $0.81 | Quarterly |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 | Nov 6, 2026 | $0.81 | $0.81 | Quarterly |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Jul 10, 2026 | Aug 14, 2026 | $0.81 | $0.81 | Quarterly |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Mar 27, 2026 | May 7, 2026 | $0.81 | $0.81 | Quarterly |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 30, 2025 | Feb 4, 2026 | $0.81 | $0.81 | Quarterly |
| Oct 3, 2025 | Oct 3, 2025 | Nov 7, 2025 | $0.81 | $0.81 | Quarterly |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Jun 27, 2025 | Aug 1, 2025 | $0.82 | $0.82 | Quarterly |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Mar 28, 2025 | May 7, 2025 | $0.78 | $0.77 | Quarterly |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | Feb 3, 2025 | $0.74 | $0.74 | Quarterly |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Sep 27, 2024 | Nov 1, 2024 | $0.79 | $0.78 | Quarterly |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | Aug 2, 2024 | $0.74 | $0.74 | Quarterly |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 22, 2024 | May 2, 2024 | $0.75 | $0.75 | Quarterly |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Dec 22, 2023 | Feb 1, 2024 | $0.73 | $0.73 | Quarterly |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Sep 29, 2023 | Nov 3, 2023 | $0.71 | $0.70 | Quarterly |
| Jul 13, 2023 | Jul 14, 2023 | Aug 18, 2023 | $0.76 | $0.75 | Quarterly |
| Mar 23, 2023 | Mar 24, 2023 | May 3, 2023 | $0.71 | $0.71 | Quarterly |
| Dec 22, 2022 | Dec 23, 2022 | Feb 2, 2023 | $0.65 | $0.66 | Quarterly |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Nov 10, 2022 | $0.60 | $0.59 | Quarterly |
| Jul 7, 2022 | Jul 8, 2022 | Aug 17, 2022 | $0.65 | $0.65 | Quarterly |
| Mar 24, 2022 | Mar 25, 2022 | May 4, 2022 | $0.72 | $0.72 | Quarterly |
| Dec 23, 2021 | Dec 24, 2021 | Feb 9, 2022 | $0.72 | $0.72 | Quarterly |
| Sep 30, 2021 | Oct 1, 2021 | Nov 11, 2021 | $0.73 | $0.72 | Quarterly |
| Jul 8, 2021 | Jul 9, 2021 | Aug 19, 2021 | $0.74 | $0.74 | Quarterly |
| Mar 25, 2021 | Mar 26, 2021 | May 12, 2021 | $0.74 | $0.74 | Quarterly |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 | Feb 3, 2021 | $0.71 | $0.71 | Quarterly |
| Oct 1, 2020 | Oct 2, 2020 | Nov 12, 2020 | $0.68 | $0.68 | Quarterly |
| Jul 9, 2020 | Jul 10, 2020 | Aug 19, 2020 | $0.66 | $0.66 | Quarterly |
| Mar 26, 2020 | Mar 27, 2020 | May 13, 2020 | $0.64 | $0.63 | Quarterly |
| Dec 24, 2019 | Dec 27, 2019 | Feb 6, 2020 | $0.66 | $1.31 | Quarterly |
| Oct 3, 2019 | Oct 4, 2019 | Nov 14, 2019 | $0.63 | $0.62 | Quarterly |
| Jun 27, 2019 | Jun 28, 2019 | Aug 8, 2019 | $0.64 | $0.64 | Quarterly |
| Mar 21, 2019 | Mar 22, 2019 | May 8, 2019 | $0.66 | $0.67 | Quarterly |
| Dec 27, 2018 | Dec 28, 2018 | Feb 7, 2019 | $0.62 | $0.62 | Quarterly |
| Oct 4, 2018 | Oct 5, 2018 | Nov 15, 2018 | $0.64 | $0.64 | Quarterly |
| Jun 28, 2018 | Jun 29, 2018 | Aug 8, 2018 | $0.64 | $0.64 | Quarterly |
| Mar 22, 2018 | Mar 23, 2018 | May 9, 2018 | $0.69 | $0.69 | Quarterly |
| Dec 28, 2017 | Dec 29, 2017 | Feb 8, 2018 | $0.59 | $0.58 | Semi-Annual |
| Aug 17, 2017 | Aug 18, 2017 | Sep 28, 2017 | $0.73 | $0.73 | Semi-Annual |
| Mar 16, 2017 | Mar 17, 2017 | May 4, 2017 | $19.28 | $19.28 | Annual |
| Mar 17, 2016 | Mar 18, 2016 | May 5, 2016 | $1.52 | $1.49 | Semi-Annual |
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