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Imperial Brands PLC (IMB.L)

GBp2,672.00 -7.00 (-0.26%)
GB LSE Consumer Defensive Tobacco
Address 121 Winterstoke Road BS3 2LL
Bristol, BSL, GB
CEO Lukas Jean-Baptiste Paravicini
IPO 1996-10-01
ISIN GB0004544929

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Also trades on Deutsche Börse · ITB.DE (EUR) London Stock Exchange · IMB.L (GBp) Other OTC · IMBBF (USD) Other OTC · IMBBY (USD)
Description

Imperial Brands PLC, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, imports, markets, and sells tobacco and tobacco-related products in Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Asia, Australasia, and internationally. It offers a range of cigarettes, tobacco accessories, vapour, heated tobacco, and oral nicotine. The company sells its products under various brands, including JPS, Davidoff, Gauloises, West, Winston, Kool, Lambert & Butler, P&S, Fortuna, Nobel, News, Backwoods, Champion, Golden Virginia, FINE, Rizla, Blu, Pulze, Skruf, and Zone. In addition, it engages in the distribution of tobacco and NGP products for tobacco and NGP product manufacturers; and various non-tobacco and NGP products and services. Further, the company is involved in the management of a golf course; distribution of pharmaceuticals, POS software, and published materials and other products; printing and publishing activities; and provision of long haul transportation, industrial parcel and express delivery, pharmaceutical products logistics, advertising, payment, freight forwarding, and support management services, as well as owns the trademarks; and retails its products. Additionally, it engages in edition and distribution of books and non-periodical publication. Furthermore, the company is involved in research and development of e-vapour products. The company was formerly known as Imperial Tobacco Group PLC and changed its name to Imperial Brands PLC in February 2016. Imperial Brands PLC was founded in 1636 and is based in Bristol, the United Kingdom.

Market Cap & Enterprise Value
Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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GBp2,672.00 -7.00 (-0.26%)
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
3M
Beta
0.15
Float Shares
762.00M
Free Float %
98.4%
Price Performance
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-2.68% +0.09% -10.58% -16.18% -13.88% -11.64% -4.64% +47.14% +74.43% -27.00% +843.45%
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Market Data

Analyst Consensus (1 ratings, all time) Hold
Price Targets & DCF
Current price
2,672.00
DCF (Unlevered) 9,465.36 +254.2%
DCF (Levered) 14,134.51 +429.0%

DCF figures are point estimates: small changes in growth or discount-rate assumptions move them materially. Read them as a reference, not a precise target.

Ratings Trend (MoM) 67% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 2 -1
Buy 6 -1
Hold 4 0
Sell 0 0
Strong Sell 0 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
2.47
Grey zone
Piotroski F-Score
7 / 9
Strong
MOAT Score
6 / 10
Developing
Composite Rating
A-
Overall Score
4 / 5
High
DCF Score
5 / 5
High
ROE Score
5 / 5
High
ROA Score
5 / 5
High
D/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/E Score
4 / 5
High
P/Book Score
1 / 5
Low
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • Revenue growth Tobacco: +5.3%
    -0.7% Q1'26: +5.4% (vs Q1'24)
  • EPS growth Tobacco: +18.8%
    -16.7% Q1'26: -69.3% (vs Q1'24)
  • FCF margin FCF growth · Tobacco: +9.5%
    +7.9% Q1'26: -5.3% (vs Q1'24)
  • EBIT margin Tobacco: +20.5%
    +11.1% Q1'26: +15.9% (vs Q1'24)
  • ROIC Tobacco: +16.0%
    +18.2% Q1'26: +26.2% (vs Q1'24)
  • Share dilution Tobacco: +0.0%
    -5.0% Q1'26: -9.7% (vs Q1'24)
  • Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Tobacco: 0.25×
    2.29× Q1'26: 1.58× (vs Q1'24)
Valuation Multiples From To
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DCF Interactive Model (UFCF)
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Market assumptions
WACC components (optional)
Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (0.17) × ERP
WACC = 70% × Ke + 30% × Kd (4.6%) × (1−t)

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Business assumptions
Intrinsic value (base): 9,449.01 Current price: 2,672.00
Enterprise Value: Equity Value: Terminal Value: TV as % of EV:

Base values reflect the latest available data for this company and market conditions.

Consensus Estimates
Metric Sep 2010
actual
Sep 2011
actual
Sep 2012
actual
Sep 2013
actual
Sep 2014
actual
Sep 2015
actual
Sep 2016
actual
Sep 2017
actual
Sep 2018
actual
Sep 2019
actual
Sep 2020
actual
Sep 2021
actual
Sep 2022
actual
Sep 2023
actual
Sep 2024
actual
Sep 2025
actual
Sep 2026
8 Rev. Ana.
7 EPS Ana.
Sep 2027
8 Rev. Ana.
7 EPS Ana.
Sep 2028
1 Rev. Ana.
2 EPS Ana.
Sep 2029
1 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Revenue
28.17B
est: 8.05B (+249.8%)
29.22B
est: 8.01B (+264.9%)
28.57B
est: 8.06B (+254.7%)
28.27B
est: 7.95B (+255.7%)
26.46B
est: 7.51B (+252.5%)
25.29B
est: 7.22B (+250.1%)
27.63B
est: 7.94B (+247.8%)
30.25B
est: 8.60B (+251.7%)
30.07B
est: 8.57B (+251.0%)
31.59B
est: 8.99B (+251.5%)
32.56B
est: 8.90B (+266.0%)
32.79B
est: 8.67B (+278.2%)
32.55B
est: 8.82B (+268.9%)
32.48B
est: 18.18B (+78.6%)
32.41B
est: 9.31B (+248.1%)
32.17B
est: 9.75B (+229.9%)
9.92B
9.80B – 10.07B
+1.7% YoY
10.12B
9.93B – 10.29B
+2.1% YoY
10.33B
10.29B – 10.37B
+2.0% YoY
10.84B
10.67B – 11.01B
+4.9% YoY
EBITDA
3.36B
est: 213.06M (+1,478.4%)
3.52B
est: 2.36B (+48.9%)
3.59B
est: 2.27B (+58.2%)
3.14B
est: 2.38B (+32.1%)
3.14B
est: 1.63B (+93.1%)
3.33B
est: 1.92B (+72.9%)
2.84B
est: 2.70B (+5.3%)
3.91B
est: 872.79M (+347.5%)
3.73B
est: 2.79B (+33.8%)
3.62B
est: 2.58B (+40.4%)
3.62B
est: 2.38B (+52.0%)
4.58B
est: 2.39B (+91.0%)
4.93B
est: 2.48B (+98.3%)
4.25B
est: 2.49B (+70.4%)
4.14B
est: 2.52B (+64.0%)
4.37B
est: 1.34B (+226.8%)
1.36B
1.34B – 1.38B
+1.7% YoY
1.39B
1.36B – 1.41B
+2.1% YoY
1.42B
1.41B – 1.42B
+2.0% YoY
1.48B
1.46B – 1.51B
+4.9% YoY
EBIT
2.74B
est: 2.42B (+13.4%)
2.92B
est: 2.51B (+16.2%)
1.83B
est: 2.66B (-31.2%)
1.93B
est: 1.50B (+28.7%)
2.22B
est: 1.85B (+20.2%)
2.39B
est: 1.97B (+20.9%)
1.60B
est: 2.19B (-26.9%)
2.54B
est: 2.40B (+5.8%)
2.46B
est: 2.27B (+8.4%)
2.30B
est: 2.52B (-8.7%)
2.71B
est: 2.15B (+26.0%)
3.76B
est: 2.16B (+73.9%)
4.27B
est: 2.24B (+90.2%)
3.61B
est: 2.10B (+72.5%)
3.49B
est: 1.01B (+246.2%)
3.58B
est: 1.12B (+219.0%)
1.14B
1.13B – 1.16B
+1.7% YoY
1.17B
1.14B – 1.19B
+2.1% YoY
1.19B
1.19B – 1.19B
+2.0% YoY
1.25B
1.23B – 1.27B
+4.9% YoY
Net Income
1.51B
est: 685.73M (+119.5%)
1.80B
est: 1.50B (+20.0%)
678.00M
est: 1.81B (-62.5%)
905.00M
est: 668.77M (+35.3%)
1.42B
est: 854.94M (+66.3%)
1.69B
est: 1.39B (+21.6%)
631.00M
est: 1.86B (-66.1%)
1.41B
est: 679.92M (+107.2%)
1.37B
est: 1.40B (-2.6%)
1.01B
est: 1.43B (-29.6%)
1.50B
est: 988.33M (+51.3%)
2.83B
est: 994.16M (+185.1%)
1.57B
est: 1.67B (-5.9%)
2.33B
est: 1.93B (+20.8%)
2.61B
est: 2.44B (+7.0%)
2.07B
est: 2.60B (-20.3%)
2.81B
2.76B – 2.86B
+8.1% YoY
3.04B
2.95B – 3.13B
+8.1% YoY
3.35B
3.16B – 3.55B
+10.3% YoY
3.85B
3.78B – 3.93B
+14.9% YoY
SGA
2.00B
est: 2.05B (-2.2%)
2.81B
est: 1.99B (+41.2%)
2.79B
est: 2.02B (+38.2%)
2.35B
est: 1.98B (+18.8%)
2.20B
est: 1.94B (+13.4%)
2.12B
est: 1.89B (+12.3%)
2.42B
est: 2.05B (+18.1%)
2.67B
est: 2.23B (+19.5%)
2.35B
est: 2.43B (-3.0%)
2.49B
est: 2.21B (+12.7%)
2.65B
est: 2.25B (+18.1%)
2.45B
est: 2.26B (+8.6%)
2.34B
est: 2.34B (+0.0%)
3.28B
est: 1.66B (+97.5%)
3.23B
est: 2.38B (+35.5%)
3.51B
est: 890.16M (+294.5%)
905.61M
895.11M – 919.52M
+1.7% YoY
924.30M
906.89M – 939.22M
+2.1% YoY
943.19M
939.69M – 946.70M
+2.0% YoY
989.51M
974.41M – 1.01B
+4.9% YoY
EPS
1.49
est: 1.84 (-19.1%)
1.77
est: 1.94 (-8.6%)
0.68
est: 2.06 (-66.9%)
0.96
est: 2.15 (-55.4%)
1.49
est: 2.11 (-29.3%)
1.77
est: 2.08 (-14.7%)
0.66
est: 2.45 (-73.1%)
1.48
est: 2.72 (-45.6%)
1.44
est: 2.68 (-46.2%)
1.06
est: 2.76 (-61.6%)
1.58
est: 2.55 (-38.1%)
3.00
est: 2.44 (+22.9%)
1.66
est: 2.61 (-36.5%)
2.52
est: 2.32 (+8.5%)
3.01
est: 2.94 (+2.4%)
2.51
est: 3.12 (-19.5%)
3.36
3.32 – 3.44
+7.9% YoY
3.67
3.55 – 3.77
+9.1% YoY
4.04
3.80 – 4.27
+10.0% YoY
4.64
4.55 – 4.73
+14.9% YoY
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-11 A- 4/5 5/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 4/5 1/5
2026-05-08 A- 4/5 5/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 4/5 1/5
2026-05-07 A- 4/5 5/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 4/5 1/5
2026-05-06 A- 4/5 5/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 4/5 1/5
2026-05-05 A- 4/5 5/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 4/5 1/5
2026-05-01 A- 4/5 5/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 4/5 1/5
2026-04-30 A- 4/5 5/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 4/5 1/5
2026-04-29 A- 4/5 5/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 4/5 1/5
2026-04-28 A- 4/5 5/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 4/5 1/5
2026-04-27 A- 4/5 5/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 4/5 1/5
2026-04-24 A- 4/5 5/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 4/5 1/5
2026-04-23 A- 4/5 5/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 4/5 1/5
2026-04-22 A- 4/5 5/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 4/5 1/5
2026-04-21 A- 4/5 5/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 4/5 1/5
2026-04-20 A- 4/5 5/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 4/5 1/5
2026-04-17 A- 4/5 5/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 4/5 1/5
2026-04-16 A- 4/5 5/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 4/5 1/5
2026-04-15 A- 4/5 5/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 4/5 1/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
9.04B
OE per share TTM
10.41
Owner's Yield
40.17%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
13.53%
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
6.1%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown

Ownership breakdown not available.

At a glance
Institutional holders
Total invested
Insider transactions (90d)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)

No beneficial ownership filings recorded.

Institutional Activity (13F)

Institutional ownership trend

Institutional history not available.

Top institutional holders

Top holders not available.

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

No insider activity available.

Insider buys vs sells (history)

Insider history not available.

Recent insider transactions

No recent insider transactions.

Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
142.6K
Shares Outstanding
774.36M

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

CEO compensation breakdown

No CEO compensation history available.

Proxy statements

Proxy statements (DEF 14A)

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Recent SEC filings

Recent SEC filings

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Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
Murray McGowan Chief Financial Officer & Director 2M male
Lukas Jean-Baptiste Paravicini Chief Executive Officer & Director 2M male
Alison Clarke Chief People & Culture Officer female
Kevin Michael Massie General Counsel male
Kim Reed President & CEO of Americas Region female
Martin Goodall Head of Sales
Peter Durman Investor Relations Director male
Ales Struminsky President of Europe Region male
Surinder Sond Group Head of Sustainability
Alex Parsons Director of Corporate Communications male
ESG Score History

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House Trading Activity

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