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The themes British American Tobacco p.l.c. is part of, the highest-graded companies in its industry, and the companies in its sector whose grade rose recently.
Highest-graded in Tobacco
Graded A or B and worth $2B or more: A first, then the largest.
All 10 graded companies in its industry
Grade rose recently in Consumer Staples
Rose to A or B on a filing in the last 90 days, worth $2B or more: largest first.
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How it makes money
- Combustible tobacco products79%
- New Categories: vapour, heated products and modern oral nicotine14%
- Traditional oral tobacco4%
Shares of revenue are estimates for FY2025, not figures from a filing.
Competes with
- PMPhilip Morris InternationalA
- Size
- $306B
- Margin
- 24.8%
- IMBBYImperial Brands
- MOAltria GroupC
- Size
- $128.7B
- Margin
- 34.5%
- JAPAYJapan Tobacco
What it sells5
Cigarettes and other combustible tobacco
Tobacco products that are burned and smoked, including cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco.
Vuse
Battery-powered vapour products that heat liquid containing nicotine and flavours.
glo
A battery-powered device that heats a tobacco or non-tobacco consumable without burning it.
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Velo
Nicotine pouches placed between the gum and upper lip; they are typically made without tobacco leaf.
Traditional oral tobacco
Snus and snuff, used in loose form or in pouches inside the mouth.
Who buys it3
- Distributors and wholesalers that buy products for resale to retailers.
- Retailers, including shops that sell tobacco and nicotine products to adult consumers.
- Adult consumers who buy the products from retail outlets.
What it stands on, and what could break it
What the business leans on
- 1The business depends on laws and regulators permitting the manufacture, marketing and sale of tobacco and nicotine products in each market.
- 2Some United States Vuse and Velo products are being sold while related Food and Drug Administration marketing applications or legal challenges remain pending.
- 3Cigarette manufacturing depends on tobacco leaf sourced from contracted farmers and third-party suppliers.
- 4Vapour and heated-product manufacturing depends on suppliers of components such as batteries, heaters and liquids.
What could go wrong
- 1Regulatory decisions, product bans or restrictions on flavours, marketing, packaging or sales could limit products or access to markets; United States approvals for some Vuse and Velo products remain unresolved.
- 2Falling legal tobacco consumption, competition and illegal single-use vapour products could reduce sales; illegal single-use products have weighed on vapour revenue.
- 3Disruption or higher costs in tobacco-leaf and component supplies, including from severe weather or other supply-chain interruptions, could affect production.
About British American Tobacco p.l.c.
British American Tobacco sells cigarettes and other tobacco products, as well as nicotine products that are used without burning tobacco. Its Vuse products heat liquid into vapour, glo devices heat tobacco or other plant material, and Velo pouches are placed between the gum and upper lip. Products reach consumers through retail outlets around the world.
- Head office
- London, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1902
- Listed on
- NYSE
- Financial year ends
- December 31
Built from British American Tobacco p.l.c.’s own filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Figures are as reported, with per-share history restated onto today’s share basis. This company files in GBP. Figures are converted to US dollars at $1.00 = 0.754400 GBP, the current rate, applied to every period alike — so growth and margins are the company’s own and not the exchange rate’s. This describes a business — it is not investment advice and not a recommendation to buy or sell anything.
