British American Tobacco Plc ADR (NYSE: BTI) Shares Rose Recently. However, Trouble May Still Be Lurking.

British American Tobacco Plc ADR (NYSE:BTI) price is hovering lower on current market day and dropping -0.91% below its previous close.

A look at today’s price movement shows that the recent level at last check reads $47.33, with intraday deals fluctuating between $46.73 and $47.38. The company’s 5Y monthly beta was ticking 0.151 while its P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period read 27.81. Taking into account the 52-week price action we note that the stock hit a 52-week high of $49.58 and 52-week low of $30.93. The stock added 3.76% on its value in the past month.

British American Tobacco Plc ADR, which has a market valuation of $102.67 billion, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in August. The company stock has a Forward Dividend ratio of 2.99, while the dividend yield is 6.38%. It is understandable that investor optimism is growing ahead of the company’s current quarter results.

Technical indicators in stocks provide crucial insights into market trends, guiding investors with precise entry and exit points based on price movements for informed decision-making.On the technical perspective front, indicators give BTI a short term outlook of 50% Buy on average. Looking at the stock’s medium term indicators we note that it is averaging as a 100% Buy, while an average of long term indicators are currently assigning the stock as 100% Buy.

Here is a look at the average analyst rating for the stock as represented on a scale of 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock is strong buy or strong sell respectively. Specifically, 2 analysts have assigned BTI a recommendation rating as follows: 0 rate it as a Hold; 1 advise Buy while 1 analyst(s) assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged the British American Tobacco Plc ADR (BTI) stock as Underweight, with 0 recommending Sell. In general, analysts have rated the stock Strong Buy, a scenario likely to bolster investors out for an opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.

If we dive deeper into the stock’s performance we see the positive picture represented by the PEG ratio, currently standing at 6.12. The overview shows that BTI’s price is at present -2.26% off the SMA20 and 3.78% from the SMA50. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) metric on the 14-day timeframe is pointing at 49.33, with weekly volatility standing at 1.00%. The indicator jumps to 1.27% when calculated based on the past 30 days. British American Tobacco Plc ADR (NYSE:BTI)’s beta value is holding at 0.33.

An analysis of the British American Tobacco Plc ADR (NYSE:BTI) stock in terms of its daily trading volume indicates that the 3-month average is 6.86 million. However, this figure increases on the past 10-day timeline to an average of 6.26 million.

Current records show that the company has 2.20B in outstanding shares. The insiders’ percentage holdings are 0.09% of outstanding shares while the percentage share held by institutions stands at 10.81%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2025-06-13, stood at 8.19 million shares, which puts the short ratio at the time at 1.11. From this we can glean that short interest is 50.00 of company’s current outstanding shares. Notably, we see that shares short in June fall slightly given the previous month’s figure stood at 11.21 million. But the 48.23% upside, the stock’s price has registered year-to-date as of today’s value, will likely reignite investor interest given the prospect of it rallying even higher.

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