BATS.LSE
British American Tobacco PLC
Price history
Key metrics
British American Tobacco PLC has paid a dividend for 32 consecutive years and currently yields 5.43%, below its five year average. Its payout ratio is 69%. Dividend Health rates it Safe at 71 out of 99, with high confidence.
Data as of 29 Oct 2026
Next dividend
Per share
£0.6126
Frequency
Quarterly
Declared
31 Jul 2025
Ex-date
1 Oct 2026
28 days ago
Pay date
6 Nov 2026
in 8 days
Dividend health
Confidence High · Defensive profile · as of 29 Oct 2026
Total return
£10,000 invested is £18,917 today: -£389 from the share price and £9,306 from dividends reinvested.
Total return +89.17%. Price alone returned -3.89% over the same window.
Assumes every dividend is reinvested on its ex-dividend date, before tax and dealing costs.
How it compares
Where it trades
Same company, 2 securities
Each has its own ISIN. Currency, dividends and tax withholding can differ, and one unit is not always one share.
Volume: median shares per session over the last 20 sessions. Closes as of 28 Oct 2026. Regular trading hours in your time zone.
British American Tobacco p.l.c. provides tobacco and nicotine products to consumers in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Canada, the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Central Asia, Caucasus, and Africa. The company offers vapour products; heated products, which consists of a battery-powered device and a plant-based substance consumable that is heated; modern oral products, such as nicotine pouches; combustibles, including cigarette sticks and other tobacco stick products; traditional oral products, such as snus and moist snuff; and fine cut/roll-your-own tobacco products. It sells its products under the Vuse, glo, Velo, Grizzly, Kodiak, Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Rothmans, Newport, Natural American Spirit, and Camel Snus brands, as well as Vogue, Viceroy, Kool, Peter Stuyvesant, Craven A, and State Express 555 brands. The company distributes its products to retail outlets. British American Tobacco p.l.c. was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
Annual dividends per share
Dividends paid in GBP · based on BATS.LSE's fiscal years ending in December
Dividend History
| Ex-Date | Amount | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Sept 272027-09-23 | £0.6126 | Estimated |
| 24 Jun 272027-06-24 | £0.6126 | Estimated |
| 25 Mar 272027-03-25 | £0.6126 | Estimated |
| 24 Dec 262026-12-24 | £0.6126 | Declared |
| 01 Oct 262026-10-01 | £0.6126 | Pending |
| 09 Jul 262026-07-09 | £0.6126 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 262026-03-26 | £0.6126 | Paid |
| 29 Dec 252025-12-29 | £0.6006 | Paid |
| 02 Oct 252025-10-02 | £0.6006 | Paid |
| 26 Jun 252025-06-26 | £0.6006 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 252025-03-27 | £0.6006 | Paid |
| 19 Dec 242024-12-19 | £0.5888 | Paid |
| 26 Sept 242024-09-26 | £0.5888 | Paid |
| 27 Jun 242024-06-27 | £0.5888 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 242024-03-21 | £0.5888 | Paid |
| 21 Dec 232023-12-21 | £0.5772 | Paid |
| 28 Sept 232023-09-28 | £0.5772 | Paid |
| 13 Jul 232023-07-13 | £0.5772 | Paid |
| 23 Mar 232023-03-23 | £0.5772 | Paid |
| 22 Dec 222022-12-22 | £0.5445 | Paid |
| 29 Sept 222022-09-29 | £0.5445 | Paid |
| 07 Jul 222022-07-07 | £0.5445 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 222022-03-24 | £0.5445 | Paid |
| 23 Dec 212021-12-23 | £0.5390 | Paid |
| 30 Sept 212021-09-30 | £0.5390 | Paid |
| 08 Jul 212021-07-08 | £0.5390 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 212021-03-25 | £0.5390 | Paid |
| 17 Dec 202020-12-17 | £0.5260 | Paid |
| 01 Oct 202020-10-01 | £0.5260 | Paid |
| 09 Jul 202020-07-09 | £0.5260 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 202020-03-26 | £0.5260 | Paid |
| 24 Dec 192019-12-24 | £0.5075 | Paid |
| 03 Oct 192019-10-03 | £0.5075 | Paid |
| 27 Jun 192019-06-27 | £0.5075 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 192019-03-21 | £0.5075 | Paid |
| 27 Dec 182018-12-27 | £0.4880 | Paid |
| 04 Oct 182018-10-04 | £0.4880 | Paid |
| 28 Jun 182018-06-28 | £0.4880 | Paid |
| 22 Mar 182018-03-22 | £0.4880 | Paid |
| 28 Dec 172017-12-28 | £0.4360 | Paid |
| 17 Aug 172017-08-17 | £0.5650 | Paid |
| 16 Mar 172017-03-16 | £1.1810 | Paid |
| 18 Aug 162016-08-18 | £0.5130 | Paid |
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