Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) Receives GBX 2,171 Consensus PT from Analysts

Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) has earned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the six research firms that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1 year price target among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 2,197 ($27.14).

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group restated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 1,810 ($22.36) target price on shares of Imperial Brands in a research note on Monday.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Imperial Brands news, insider Stefan Bomhard sold 140,219 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 1,843 ($22.76), for a total transaction of £2,584,236.17 ($3,191,991.32). In other Imperial Brands news, insider Stefan Bomhard sold 140,219 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 1,843 ($22.76), for a total transaction of £2,584,236.17 ($3,191,991.32). Also, insider Lukas Paravicini sold 57,407 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 1,825 ($22.54), for a total transaction of £1,047,677.75 ($1,294,068.37). Corporate insiders own 7.16% of the company’s stock.

Imperial Brands Stock Performance

Shares of IMB stock opened at GBX 1,804.50 ($22.29) on Monday. Imperial Brands has a one year low of GBX 1,553.50 ($19.19) and a one year high of GBX 2,016 ($24.90). The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 1,747.35 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 1,797.81. The firm has a market capitalization of £15.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 727.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 16.39 and a beta of 0.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 157.30, a quick ratio of 0.41 and a current ratio of 0.72.

Imperial Brands Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 28th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 15th were issued a GBX 51.82 ($0.64) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 2.9%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 15th. This is a boost from Imperial Brands’s previous dividend of $21.59. Imperial Brands’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 5,927.42%.

Imperial Brands Company Profile

Imperial Brands PLC, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, imports, markets, and sells tobacco and tobacco-related products in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. It offers a range of cigarettes, tobacco accessories, vapour, heated tobacco, and oral nicotine. The company sells its products under various brands, including JPS, Davidoff, Gauloises, West, Winston, Kool, Lambert & Butler, Fortuna, Nobel, News, Backwoods, Champion, Golden Virginia, Rizla, Blu, Pulze, Skruf, and Zone X.