British American Tobacco p.l.c.

BTI Consumer Defensive Tobacco

British American Tobacco p.l.c.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $33.8 billion, up 2.17% from fiscal 2024.

61.13 1.95 −3.09%
Market cap
$135.6B
P/E
8.0×
Fwd P/E
13.9×
Dividend yield
5.27%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
1.73
Beneish M
−2.24
Dividend safety
32/100

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (BTI) Debt to equity

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British American Tobacco p.l.c.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 0.7×, down 0.0× from fiscal 2025 (0.7×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.6× (fiscal 2022) to 3.4× (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Tobacco industry median of 0.0× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.7× (1.45%)
FY2024 0.7× (1.53%)
FY2023 0.8× 31.73%
FY2022 0.6× (3.16%)
FY2021 0.6× (15.75%)
FY2020 0.7× (1.23%)
FY2019 0.7× (2.24%)
FY2018 0.7× (10.74%)
FY2017 0.8× (65.06%)
FY2016 2.3× (31.36%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Jun 2026 0.7× (0.95%)
Dec 2025 0.7× (2.40%)
Jun 2025 0.7× 0.97%
Dec 2024 0.7× 0.24%
18 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.6× High 3.4×
Ten-year median 0.7×
Current reading's percentile 55

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
MO Altria Group, Inc. compare −11.1×
PM Philip Morris International Inc. compare −8.0×
ISPR Ispire Technology Inc. compare 0.0×
RYM RYTHM, Inc. compare 0.0×
RLX RLX Technology Inc. Sponsored ADR compare 0.0×
UVV Universal Corporation compare 0.4×
TPB Turning Point Brands, Inc. compare 0.6×
BTI British American Tobacco p.l.c. 0.7×
AIIR Air Global PLC compare 2.1×
Tobacco industry median 0.0×
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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