BTIBritish American Tobacco p.l.c.

$57.44

Is it safe?

Can BTI take a bad year?

British American Tobacco p.l.c. carries $31.2B of net debt at 2.49× EBITDA: a load its earnings can carry.

$31.2B

Net debt · as at FY2025 · under two and a half years of EBITDA, comfortable

Net debt / EBITDA
2.49×

Net debt / EBITDA · 5.42× a year ago · the load is coming down

Interest cover
6.03×

Interest cover · operating profit covers the interest bill several times over

Annualised volatility
23%

Annualised volatility · about as steady as the market itself

Details
Total debtFY2025
$35.1B
Cash and short-term investments
$3.83B
Net debt
$31.2B
EBITDA, trailing twelve months
$12.5B
Operating profit, trailing twelve months
$10.00B
Debt / equity
0.76×
Total debt / EBITDA
2.80×
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
23%
Worst drawdown on file
−56%
Below its 52-week high
−14%

Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.