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.

63.11 0.14 +0.22%
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) Gross margin

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British American Tobacco p.l.c.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2023 was 69.9%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 74.4% (fiscal 2016) to 83.3% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Tobacco industry median of 25.7% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 34.6%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 82.6% 0.22
FY2024 82.4% (0.99)
FY2023 83.3% 0.63
FY2022 82.7% 0.39
FY2021 82.3% 0.10
FY2020 82.2% (0.01)
FY2019 82.2% 1.27
FY2018 81.0% 3.23
FY2017 77.7% 3.34
FY2016 74.4% (1.06)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2023 69.4% (1.48)
Dec 2022 70.9% 1.64
Jun 2022 69.2% (0.61)
Dec 2021 69.8% 1.81
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Against its own ten years

Low 74.4% High 83.3%
Ten-year median 82.2%
Current reading's percentile 82

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
BTI British American Tobacco p.l.c. 69.9%
PM Philip Morris International Inc. compare 67.7%
MO Altria Group, Inc. compare 63.4%
TPB Turning Point Brands, Inc. compare 59.2%
RLX RLX Technology Inc. Sponsored ADR compare 34.9%
UVV Universal Corporation compare 16.5%
ISPR Ispire Technology Inc. compare 12.8%
RYM RYTHM, Inc. compare 0.00%
AIIR Air Global PLC compare —
Tobacco industry median 25.7%
Consumer Defensive sector median 34.6%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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