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Re: British American Tobacco (BATS)

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Postby Dod101 » June 12th, 2019, 12:30 pm

Itsallaguess wrote:[
I own both BATS and IMB, and surely for a long time now, the elephant in the room regarding both companies is likely to be some risk of large-scale litigation, either from employees or customers, either current or historical?

Both BATS and IMB form a relatively small part of my overall income portfolio, but I see the potential litigation risks as really quite high, and stories such as the above seem to confirm this...


I have resolved not to buy any more tobacco shares partly because of the risk of litigation (although unlike Itsallaguess, I do not see it as any bigger than it has ever been and besides tobacco companies are past masters at defending themselves) and partly because of the continuing downward trend in the number of people smoking, which I think is a long term bigger threat.

I might even have sold some but not at current prices. Having taken a hit I might as well hang on now and see what transpires, but I cannot close my eyes to the capital loss of the last few years, even although just as it was a paper gain, it is now a paper loss. I am still well in the money having bought both tobacco shares more than 20 years ago, but it is disappointing to see the gains of two or three years ago just disappear in a puff of smoke, to coin a phrase.

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Re: British American Tobacco (BATS)

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Postby monabri » June 12th, 2019, 3:21 pm

Dod101 wrote:
monabri wrote:
Dod101 wrote:Thanks Ian. Looks all to be on target, and holders I imagine will just hang in there and hopefully see some continuing recovery of the share price.

Dod


I guess you meant 'longterm'.......


Why?

Dod


Sorry..an off the cuff remark based on the fall today (at one point) of nearly 6%.

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Re: British American Tobacco (BATS)

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Postby Dod101 » June 12th, 2019, 3:47 pm

monabri

I was not aware of the price fall so your comment did not mean much. I see it is now down about 4.5% in a weak market. My thoughts were outlined in an earlier post and I will just leave the tobaccos alone.

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Re: British American Tobacco (BATS)

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Postby idpickering » June 12th, 2019, 5:22 pm

Dod101 wrote:Thanks Ian. Looks all to be on target, and holders I imagine will just hang in there and hopefully see some continuing recovery of the share price.

Dod


You're welcome Dod. As I've mentioned elsewhere, I do intend topping up my BATS holdings this month (next Thursday) and that'll be it, for a long term hold. I'm not fazed by the downward trend in the SP, and view it as a buying opportunity.

Ian.

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Re: British American Tobacco (BATS)

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Postby StepOne » June 14th, 2019, 9:37 am

Itsallaguess wrote:I own both BATS and IMB, and surely for a long time now, the elephant in the room regarding both companies is likely to be some risk of large-scale litigation, either from employees or customers, either current or historical?


No, the risk of litigation is reducing all the time. There was an argument for people who smoked in the 50s and 60s they they were being lied to, but there can hardly be a smoker alive today who wasn't aware of the risks, so less reason for them to sue. That's why the tobacco companies have been on such a good run over the last couple of decades. The real risk now is dwindling numbers of smokers.

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Re: British American Tobacco (BATS)

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Postby monabri » June 26th, 2019, 9:08 am

Article in The Telegraph (not locked).

"San Francisco becomes first US city to ban sale of e-cigarettes"

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/0 ... igarettes/


"Juul said in a statement following the vote that the ban would "drive former adult smokers who successfully switched to vapor products back to deadly cigarettes, deny the opportunity to switch for current adult smokers, and create a thriving black market."

(Juul = company specialising in e-cigs, 35% owned by Altria, BATS & IMB rival).

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Re: British American Tobacco (BATS)

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Postby Dod101 » June 26th, 2019, 10:10 am

That sounds draconian to say the least. What is the point if they are not banning 'real' cigarettes? Of course they may have all but banned tem already. Ironically I assume San Francisco is the sort of place where drugs of various forms (as long as they are not tobacco or apparently tobacco substitutes) are readily available.

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Re: British American Tobacco (BATS)

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Postby idpickering » August 1st, 2019, 7:53 am


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Re: British American Tobacco (BATS)

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Postby idpickering » September 4th, 2019, 7:08 am

British American Tobacco Announces Pricing of $3,500,000,000 Notes Offering;

https://www.investegate.co.uk/british-a ... 00131196L/

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Re: British American Tobacco (BATS)

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Postby idpickering » September 12th, 2019, 7:05 am

Simplifying BAT to drive New Category growth

British American Tobacco p.l.c. announces an important step in a programme to simplify its business and create a more efficient, agile and focused BAT. This will ensure the company is better placed to meet ever evolving consumer needs and deliver savings that can be reinvested in the growth of its portfolio of new categories such as vapour, tobacco heating products and oral tobacco.

To enable better focus on key growth areas; faster decision making; greater management accountability and the elimination of duplicative activities, the proposals will:

- reduce management layers;

- create fewer larger more accountable business units;

- better leverage its Global Business Services activities; and

- simplify all key business processes and "ways of working."


https://www.investegate.co.uk/british-a ... 00030388M/

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Re: British American Tobacco (BATS)

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Postby idpickering » September 12th, 2019, 9:11 am

Shame for those losing their jobs obviously, but the market seems happy, with the BATS sp up 2.5% as I type. I hold BATS alongside IMB, both equally weighted in my HYP.

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Re: British American Tobacco (BATS)

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Postby TheDove » September 12th, 2019, 11:10 am

Last night Trump appeared to threaten a ban on 'scented e-cigarettes', which it seems are popular with the young and thus presumably one of the few growth opportunities for the tob-cos. Given the well-documented strategic sensitivities of the sector I was bracing for yet another SP hit today, but nothing so far. Clearly I understand even less than I thought I did !

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Re: British American Tobacco (BATS)

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Postby idpickering » September 12th, 2019, 4:29 pm

TheDove wrote:Last night Trump appeared to threaten a ban on 'scented e-cigarettes', which it seems are popular with the young and thus presumably one of the few growth opportunities for the tob-cos. Given the well-documented strategic sensitivities of the sector I was bracing for yet another SP hit today, but nothing so far. Clearly I understand even less than I thought I did !

Dove


Yes, I saw that re Trump. As for your later point, I've given up trying to second guess the market, and so I just buy and hold, accumulating the dividends, and reinvest them wherever I choose, normally on a monthly basis. I've held BATS for years, and have topped up four times this year. BATS have held up well today, in a weak market, with BATS up 1.1% as I type.

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Re: British American Tobacco (BATS)

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Postby idpickering » November 22nd, 2019, 11:05 am

This from TMF might be of interest here;

Cash ISA rates are falling again, but I like BATS that pays 6.85% a year

The average instant access Cash ISA now pays a meagre 0.95%. You’ll get only slightly more if you lock your money away, with the average long-term fixed rate Cash ISA paying just 1.35%, down from 1.62% in March. These are a truly dismal returns, and they could fall even lower as analysts increasingly expect the Bank of England to cut base rates from today’s 0.75%, rather than increase them.

Yet at the same time, the FTSE 100 is yielding income of 4.5% a year, while established blue-chip stock British American Tobacco (LSE: BATS) is paying income worth an astonishing 6.85%.


https://www.fool.co.uk/investing/2019/1 ... 85-a-year/

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Re: British American Tobacco (BATS)

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Postby 88V8 » November 23rd, 2019, 10:43 pm

idpickering wrote:This from TMF might be of interest here;
Cash ISA rates are falling again, but I like BATS that pays 6.85% a year


Yes, and the Yanks just abandoned their attempts to limit the nicotine content of cigs.
https://www.pharmacist.com/article/us-s ... cigarettes

Keep them divis rolling, as the song didn't say.

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Re: British American Tobacco (BATS)

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Postby idpickering » November 24th, 2019, 6:04 am

88V8 wrote:
idpickering wrote:This from TMF might be of interest here;
Cash ISA rates are falling again, but I like BATS that pays 6.85% a year


Yes, and the Yanks just abandoned their attempts to limit the nicotine content of cigs.
https://www.pharmacist.com/article/us-s ... cigarettes

Keep them divis rolling, as the song didn't say.

V8


Cheers for your input V8. I hold BATS and IMB in my HYP, and do find myself being quite relaxed about their more recent share price movements. I’ve topped up the former four times this year, and the later once. I do think both of their managements should be given time to do their jobs. This relation from the authorities is a positive imho. I’ve no intention of selling either of them.

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Re: British American Tobacco (BATS)

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Postby idpickering » November 24th, 2019, 6:29 am

idpickering wrote:
Cheers for your input V8. I hold BATS and IMB in my HYP, and do find myself being quite relaxed about their more recent share price movements. I’ve topped up the former four times this year, and the later once. I do think both of their managements should be given time to do their jobs. This relation from the authorities is a positive imho. I’ve no intention of selling either of them.

Ian.


Just to clarify/corrrect my above comment, I meant relaxation, not relation in the last sentence. I hadn’t noticed my error until it was to late to correct it. It is early after all. :)

Ian.

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Re: British American Tobacco (BATS)

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Postby idpickering » November 27th, 2019, 7:08 am

2019 Second Half Pre-Close Trading Update; https://www.investegate.co.uk/british-a ... 00037653U/

Also posted on HYP Practical for HYPer chat.

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Re: British American Tobacco (BATS)

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Postby idpickering » January 3rd, 2020, 7:06 am

BAT Response to FDA Flavour Guidance

British American Tobacco (BAT) welcomes the U.S. FDA's acknowledgment that a properly regulated vapour category continues to provide a credible alternative to smoking


https://www.investegate.co.uk/british-a ... 00046200Y/

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