Consumer Defensive
Imperial Brands PLC(IMBBY)
Live Price
Offline$36.71
-1.21% today
1Y Change
-4.28%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
- Market Cap
- $21.71B
- Revenue Growth
- -0.7%
- EPS Growth
- -16.6%
- Dividend Yield
- 5.7%
Coverage: 251 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Imperial Brands PLC (IMBBY) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $21.71B and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $36.71 and down 4.3% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -0.7%, EPS growth of -16.6%, a dividend yield of 5.7%. What stands out right now is revenue -0.7%, EPS -16.6%, free cash flow -12.4% with operating margin 18.6% and ROIC 13.9%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 5.7%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 11.2 and price/sales 1.1. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines IMBBY price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-0.7% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+18.6% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Below sector median
11.2 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 19, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -0.7% and EPS is at -16.6%, with operating margin around 18.6%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 5.7%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -1.4% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 0 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 19, 2026 | โ | -0.2% | -2.8% | -3.9% |
2025 Nov 18, 2025 | +8.5% | -0.8% | -0.8% | -0.4% |
2025 May 13, 2025 | -22.5% | +1.1% | -0.5% | +2.2% |
Benchmark Edge
IMBBY vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
IMBBY
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
IMBBY Max Drawdown
-20.35%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for IMBBY and SPY.
Company Overview
Imperial Brands PLC
Other OTC
Imperial Brands PLC, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, imports, markets, and sells tobacco and tobacco-related products in Europe, Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. It offers a range of cigarettes, fine cut and smokeless tobacco, papers, and cigars; and next generation product (NGP) portfolio, such as e-vapour products, oral nicotine, and heated tobacco products. The company sells its products under various brands, including Davidoff, Gauloises, JPS, West, L&B, Winston, Parker & Simpson, blu, Pluze, Zone-X, Kool, Horizon, Backwoods, Skruf, Golden Virginia, Rizla, and Dutch Masters. It also engages in the distribution of tobacco and NGP products for tobacco and NGP product manufacturers; and various non-tobacco and NGP products and services. In addition, the company is involved in the management of a golf course; distribution of pharmaceuticals, POS software, and published materials and other products; printing and publishing activities; and provision of long haul transportation, industrial parcel and express delivery, advertising, and support management services. Further, it owns the trademarks; and retails its products. The company was formerly known as Imperial Tobacco Group PLC and changed its name to Imperial Brands PLC in February 2016. Imperial Brands PLC was founded in 1901 and is based in Bristol, the United Kingdom.
- Leadership
- Lukas Jean-Baptiste Paravicini
- IPO Date
- Nov 9, 1998
- Employees
- 25.6k
- Street Address
- 121 Winterstoke Road
- Mailing
- Bristol, BS3 2LL
- Region
- Bristol, GB
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 44 11 7963 6636
- Last Updated
- Apr 30, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 11.2
- EV/EBITDA
- 7.2
- Price/Sales
- 1.1
- Price/Book
- 4.8
Growth
- Revenue
- -0.7%
- EPS
- -16.6%
- Free Cash Flow
- -12.4%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 35.9%
- Operating Margin
- 18.6%
- Net Margin
- 10.9%
- ROE
- 42.3%
- ROIC
- 13.9%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 2.07
- Current Ratio
- 0.74
Earnings Reports
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Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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