BATSBritish American Tobacco plc
−1.0% today · +14.8% over a year
8/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 91% of the instruments we score
Stability: among the best of its peers; priced lower than most peers. Dividend yield 5.50%.
Yield after tax (estimate)
Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom
- Last 12 months
- 5.50% → 5.36%
- Forward
- 5.53% → 5.38%
Of every 100 paid out
- Withheld at source (英國)
- 0.00%
- Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
- 0.00%
- Cyprus GeSY health contribution
- 2.65%
- You keep
- 97.35%
- Source country assumed: 英國 (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
- GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.
Cyprus resident, domiciled: 5.08%
Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax
Next payment
No upcoming payment has been announced yet.
Dividend profile
- 5-year dividend growth (per year)
- +2.6%
- Years of dividend growth
- 24
- Years without a cut
- 24
- Payout ratio (earnings)
- 70%
- Payout ratio (free cash flow)
- 90%
Annual total matches the company's SEC filing
Caution. Dividends exceed earnings or free cash flow. More in the glossary →Dividends exceed earnings or free cash flow.
Dividends per share by year
Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.
Payment history
Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.
| Ex-dividend date | Payment date | Amount per share | Type | Status | Feeds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 10月 2026 | — | £0.6126 | Regular | Single source | 2 |
| 09 7月 2026 | — | £0.6126 | Regular | Single source | 2 |
| 26 3月 2026 | — | £0.6126 | Regular | Single source | 2 |
| 29 12月 2025 | — | £0.6006 | Regular | Single source | 2 |
Each payment is checked against up to 2 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.
What dividend safety is made of
0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.
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