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Imperial Brands PLC Fundamentals

Company NameImperial Brands PLCLast Updated2025-12-12
IndustryTobaccoSectorConsumer Defensive
Shares in Issue795.691 mMarket Cap£25.39 bn
PE Ratio12.75Dividend per Share£1.89
Dividend Yield5.49Dividend Cover1.32
EPS£2.49EPS Growth (%)-0.20
PEG0.80DPS Growth (%)0.2702
Debt Ratio0.3481Debt Equity Ratio1.8319
Asset Equity Ratio5.2863Cash Equity Ratio0.2649
Quick Ratio0.3395Current Ratio0.74
Price To Book Value5.2438ROCE0

Imperial Brands PLC Dividends

TypeEx-DatePay DateCurrencyNet DividendYear Total
Prelim2026-02-192026-03-31GBP0.4008
Interim2025-11-272025-12-31GBP0.4008
Interim2025-08-212025-09-30GBP0.4008
Interim2025-05-222025-06-30GBP0.4008
Prelim2025-02-202025-03-31GBP0.5426
Interim2024-11-282024-12-31GBP0.5426
Interim2024-08-222024-09-30GBP0.2245
Interim2024-05-232024-06-28GBP0.2245
Prelim2024-02-152024-03-28GBP0.5182
Interim2023-11-232023-12-29GBP0.5182
Interim2023-08-172023-09-29GBP0.2159
Interim2023-05-252023-06-30GBP0.2159
Prelim2023-02-162023-03-31GBP0.4932

Imperial Brands PLC Company Financials

Assets2025202420232022
Tangible Assets£1.90 bn£1.92 bn£1.94 bn£1.89 bn
Intangible Assets£16.21 bn£15.94 bn£16.94 bn£17.78 bn
Investments£66.00 m£56.00 m£55.00 m£56.00 m
Total Fixed Assets£19.90 bn£19.63 bn£20.90 bn£22.04 bn
Stocks£4.47 bn£4.08 bn£4.52 bn£4.14 bn
Debtors£2.58 bn£2.49 bn£2.30 bn£2.39 bn
Cash & Equivalents£1.44 bn£1.08 bn£1.34 bn£1.85 bn
Other Assets£1.73 bn£1.71 bn£1.95 bn£2.32 bn
Total Assets£28.71 bn£27.83 bn£29.49 bn£30.96 bn
Liabilities2025202420232022
Creditors within 1 year£11.85 bn£11.46 bn£11.90 bn£11.14 bn
Creditors after 1 year£11.43 bn£10.34 bn£10.95 bn£12.35 bn
Other Liabilities0000
Total Liabilities£23.28 bn£21.80 bn£22.85 bn£23.48 bn
Net assets£5.43 bn£6.03 bn£6.64 bn£7.47 bn
Equity2025202420232022
Called up share capital£87.00 m£91.00 m£97.00 m£103.00 m
Share Premium£5.85 bn£5.85 bn£5.84 bn£5.84 bn
Profit / Loss£3.13 bn£3.03 bn£3.11 bn£2.55 bn
Other Equity£4.82 bn£5.44 bn£6.02 bn£6.86 bn
Preference & Minorities£608.00 m£587.00 m£621.00 m£613.00 m
Total Capital Employed£5.43 bn£6.03 bn£6.64 bn£7.47 bn
Ratios2025202420232022
Debt Ratio£0.65£0.59£0.58£0.57
Debt-to-Equity£1.83£1.43£1.35£1.34
Assets / Equity5.28635.28635.28635.2863
Cash / Equity0.26490.26490.26490.2649
EPS£2.50£3.13£2.41£2.12
Cash Flow2025202420232022
Cash from operating activities£3.63 bn£3.31 bn£3.13 bn£3.19 bn
Cashflow before financing£652.00 m£145.00 m£78.00 m£670.00 m
Increase in Cash£310.00 m-£203.00 m-£349.00 m£515.00 m
Income2025202420232022
Turnover£32.17 bn£32.41 bn£32.48 bn£32.55 bn
Cost of sales£25.17 bn£25.63 bn£25.80 bn£26.51 bn
Gross Profit£7.00 bn£6.78 bn£6.68 bn£6.04 bn
Operating Profit£3.49 bn£3.55 bn£3.40 bn£2.68 bn
Pre-Tax profit£3.13 bn£3.03 bn£3.11 bn£2.55 bn

Imperial Brands PLC Company Background

SectorConsumer Defensive
ActivitiesImperial Brands is the world's fourth-largest international tobacco company (excluding China National Tobacco), with total fiscal 2025 volume of 187 billion cigarettes sold in more than 120 countries. Its largest and most important marketsare the US (where it sits as the third-largest manufacturer, following its acquisition of the Winston and Blu brands), Germany, the UK, Spain, and Australia. The firm also holds a leading global position in the fine-cut tobacco and hand-rolling paper categories. It has a logistics platform in Western Europe, Altadis.
Latest Interim Date14 May 2025
Latest Fiscal Year End Date18 Nov 2025

Imperial Brands PLC Directors

AppointedNamePosition
2021-12-15Mr. Steven P. StanbrookNon-Executive Director
2006-09-14Mr. Colin Richard Day Non-Executive Director
2018-07-04Mr. David John HainesNon-Executive Director
2025-01-29Ms. Diane de Saint VictorNon-Executive Director
2021-06-04Mr. Pierre-Jean SivignonNon-Executive Director
2024-12-16Mr. Andrew D. GilchristNon-Executive Director
2011-12-16Mr. Graham L BlashillExecutive Director,Sales and Marketing
2011-08-10Dr. Pierre Jean Marie Henri Jungels CBENon-Executive Director
2019-12-20Mr. Robert Dyrbus Executive Director,Finance Director
2011-08-09Mr. Gareth DavisExecutive Director,Chief Executive
2014-02-05Mr. Iain John Grant NapierNon-Executive Director,Chairman
2016-02-03Dr. Kenneth M BurnettNon-Executive Director
2025-10-07Ms. Susan Michelle ClarkNon-Executive Director,Senior Independent Director
2014-09-30Ms. Susan Elizabeth Murray Non-Executive Director
2020-02-03Ms. Alison Jane CooperExecutive Director,Chief Executive Officer
2019-12-31Mr. Mark David Williamson Non-Executive Director,Chairman
2020-02-03Mr. Matthew Robert PhillipsExecutive Director,Chief Development Officer
2019-05-08Mr. Malcolm Ian WymanNon-Executive Director
2009-08-17Mr. Charles F KnottNon-Executive Director
2019-12-20Mr. Michael Hugh Creedon HerlihyNon-Executive Director
2025-10-07Mr. Jonathan Adam Stanton Non-Executive Director
2014-02-05Mr. Berge SetrakianNon-Executive Director
2010-08-24Mr. Jean-Dominique ComolliNon-Executive Director,Deputy Chairman
2007-10-31Mr. Anthony George Laurence Alexander FCANon-Executive Director,Vice Chairman
2011-08-09Mr. David Cresswell CEng,MIEEExecutive Director,Manufacturing Director
2011-08-09Mr. Frank Alan Rogerson BSc,PhDExecutive Director
2009-09-02Mr. Bruno BichNon-Executive Director
2004-12-16Mr. Derek Charles Bonham FCA,FCTNon-Executive Director,Chairman
2020-06-15Ms. Karen WittsNon-Executive Director
2024-12-16Mr. Robert Kunze-Concewitz Non-Executive Director
2025-10-07Ms. Frances Ngozichukwuka Oluwatoyn EdozienNon-Executive Director
2021-03-02Mr. Oliver Reginald Tant Executive Director,Chief Financial Officer
2024-10-14Ms. Therese EsperdyNon-Executive Director,Chairman
2025-04-09Mr. Stefan Andreas BomhardExecutive Director
2024-12-16Ms. Julie HamiltonNon-Executive Director
2023-12-11Mr. Simon Anthony Christopher Langelier Non-Executive Director
2025-09-18Mr. Alan JohnsonNon-Executive Director
2025-10-07Mr. Lukas ParaviciniExecutive Director,Chief Executive Officer
2025-10-07Mr. Murray Henry McGowanExecutive Director,Chief Financial Officer

Imperial Brands PLC Contact Details

Company NameImperial Brands PLC
Address121 Winterstoke Road, Bristol, BS3 2LL
Telephone+44 2045762674
Websitehttps://www.imperialbrandsplc.com

Imperial Brands PLC Advisors

StockbrokerBarclays Bank PLC
Phone+44 2076232323
Remuneration ConsultantPinsent Masons LLP
Phone+44 2074187000
Fax+44 2074187050
Remuneration ConsultantPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Phone+44 205835000
Fax+44 208224652
Remuneration ConsultantAon Hewitt Ltd
Phone+44 2070868000
AuditorPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Phone+44 1179557779
Fax+44 1173092005
SolicitorAllen & Overy LLP
Phone+44 2030880000
Fax+44 207339999
Remuneration ConsultantAlithos Ltd
RegistrarEquiniti Limited
StockbrokerCredit Suisse
Phone+44 2078888888
Fax+44 2078881600
Remuneration ConsultantAllen & Overy
Phone+44 2030880000
Fax+44 2030880088
Remuneration ConsultantWillis Towers Watson
Phone+44 2071702000
Fax+44 2071702222
Financial PR AdviserBell Pottinger - Financial and Corporate
Phone+44 2037722500
SolicitorAshurst LLP
Phone+44 2076381111
Fax+44 2076381112
Financial AdviserCiti
Phone+44 2079864000
Fax+44 2079862266

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