British American Tobacco

Reynolds America is an American tobacco company which is a subsidiary of British American Tobacco and is the second-largest tobacco company in the United States. Its holdings include R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, American Snuff Company (formerly Conwood Company), Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, and Niconovum AB.

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British American Tobacco plc is a holding company, which engages in the manufacture and distribution of tobacco products. Its brands include Kent, Dunhill, Lucky Strike, and Pall Mall. It operates through the following geographical segments: United States, Asia-Pacific and Middle East (APME), Americas and Sub-Saharan Africa (AMSSA), and Europe and North Africa (ENA). The APME geographical segment consists of markets in the Middle East merged with Asia-Pacific. The AMSSA geographical segment is composed of markets in East and Central Africa, West Africa, and Southern Africa merged with the Americas region. The ENA geographical segment includes markets in Russia, Ukraine, Caucasus, Central Asia, Belarus, Turkey, and North Africa merged with the Western Europe region. The company was founded by James Buchanan Duke on September 29, 1902 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

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British American Tobacco's shares slumped by close to 10% after announcing a write-down of intangible assets on its balance sheet. The write-down does not impact the company's cash position, cash flows, or dividends. BTI's reduced-risk products portfolio is showing growth and profitability, offsetting declines in traditional cigarettes.

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BAT is taking a $31 billion write-down on underperforming U.S. brands it primarily acquired from Reynolds American. The company also reaffirmed its mid-single-digit EPS guidance for the year.

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The writedown marks the first time a major global tobacco firm has written off the value of its traditional cigarettes business in a major market like the US.

Cigarette maker BAT warns US brands have no long-term future, plans $31.5B writedown

American depositary receipts (ADRs) of British American Tobacco (BTI) tumbled over 8% in early trading Wednesday to an all-time low as the cigarette maker indicated it was losing American customers who were switching to lower-priced smokes, and plans to shift its focus to smokeless products.

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The Camel and Newport parent company announced Wednesday it wrote down its U.S. tobacco brands by $31.5 billion, sending shares down 8%.

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British American Tobacco PLC (LSE:BATS) today took a hefty £25 billion write-down to the value of its cigarette brands as part of the big tobacco group's "vision to build a smokeless world'. The non-cash adjusting impairment charge, as the write-off called it, related to a lower assessment of the value of its acquired US cigarette and tobacco brands as their "useful economic lives" decline over an estimated period of 30 years.

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British American Tobacco (NYSE: BTI ) stock fell 9% overnight after the company took a $31.5 billion “impairment charge” on its American cigarette brands. British American is known for brands like Camel, Lucky Strike, Newport and Pall Mall.

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London-listed British American Tobacco announced a $32 billion charge on the value of its brands. Shares of cigarette makers slipped.

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British American Tobacco shares slumped 8% as the cigarette maker said it will write down the value of its cigarette brands by £25 billion ($31.5 billion).

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British American Tobacco PLC (LSE:BATS) unveiled an ambition to become a predominantly “smokeless” business, with 50% of our revenue from non-combustibles by 2035.  The maker of Lucky Strike, Rothmans and Pall Mall cigarettes made the claim as it confirmed full-year 2023 EPS guidance.

BAT sees low-end revenue, £25 billion write-down of tobacco units

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Tobacco giants such as British American Tobacco, Altria, and Philip Morris attract income-seeking investors with high dividend yields, yet face a shrinking customer base. PM is in a better spot for growth, given its market share in the heated tobacco market, while BTI seems to lack significant growth drivers. Yet, British American Tobacco is trading at an exceptionally low valuation, with a PE ratio of 6.8x its earnings and a significant 7.77% dividend yield.

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Comparing British American Tobacco and Altria reveals no clear winner; the most suitable choice depends on the factors you prioritize. I consider Altria to be the slightly better choice for those seeking to combine dividend income and dividend growth, due to the company's higher Dividend Yield and Dividend Growth Rates. However, British American Tobacco has the moderately lower Valuation, and I consider it to be the superior choice when looking for an option to reduce portfolio volatility.

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British American Tobacco PLC (LSE:BATS) - the UK's largest listed tobacco and vaping company - has called for more regulation on the latter, including a ban on sweet flavours that may appeal to children.  “As the largest manufacturer of vaping products in the UK, we are clear on our responsibilities,” FTSE 100-listed firm's UK head, Asli Ertonguc, said in a press release.

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