Imperial Brands (IMB)

Sector:

Tobacco

Index:

FTSE 100

2,662.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      48.00p
  • 52 Week High: 3,341.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 2,424.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 758.13m
  • Volume: 8,833,032
  • Market Cap: £20,182m
  • RiskGrade: 154

Latest ShareCast News

Imperial Brands reaffirms FY26 guidance, launches £1.5bn FY27 buyback

By Iain Gilbert

Date: Thursday 08 Oct 2026

(Sharecast News) - Tobacco giant Imperial Brands said on Thursday that it remained on track to meet full‑year guidance across all key metrics and lifted shareholder returns with a fresh £1.5bn buyback for FY27, following the completion of its £1.45bn repurchase for the current year.

Imperial Tobacco ShareCast News

Imperial Brands to cut thousands of jobs in US, ... 10-Aug-2026 ShareCast
Imperial Brands buys Black Buffalo for $150m 27-May-2026 ShareCast
Imperial Brands backs FY outlook but warns Iran ... 12-May-2026 ShareCast
Morgan Stanley double upgrades BAT to 'overweight' 24-Apr-2026 ShareCast
UBS downgrades Imperial Brands to 'neutral' 15-Apr-2026 ShareCast

Imperial Tobacco Regulatory News

Director/PDMR Shareholding 08-Oct-2026 15:18 RNS
Share Buyback Tranche of up to £750 million 08-Oct-2026 07:03 RNS
Trading Update 08-Oct-2026 07:00 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 07-Oct-2026 17:50 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 06-Oct-2026 09:30 RNS

Imperial Tobacco Newspaper Links

Imperial Tobacco hit by weak sales in Russia and... 20-Aug-2014 Guardian
Imperial to spend £4.2bn on snapping up assets f... 16-Jul-2014 Telegraph
Imperial Tobacco snaps up US brands Salem and Ko... 16-Jul-2014 Guardian
Imperial pays $7.1bn for US cigarette brands 16-Jul-2014 The Scotsman
Imperial Tobacco agrees £4.2bn deal to buy five ... 16-Jul-2014 Daily Mail

Imperial Tobacco Tips & Analysis

Questor :Imperial Tobacco 06-Nov-2014 Telegraph
Questor :Imperial Tobacco 23-Sep-2011 Telegraph
Investment Column:Imperial Tobacco 22-Sep-2011 The Independent
Questor :Imperial Tobacco 10-Aug-2011 Telegraph
Questor : Imperial Tobacco 25-May-2011 Telegraph

Imperial Tobacco News Wires

Stocks in Focus on Today's Edition of 'Before th... 03-Apr-2008 PR Newswire
Montoro-Belmont J.V. Completes Preliminary Evalu... 26-Jul-2006 Marketwired

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Imperial Tobacco Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 2,662.00p
Change Today 48.00p
% Change 1.84 %
52 Week High 3,341.00p
52 Week Low 2,424.00p
Volume 8,833,032
Shares Issued 758.13m
Market Cap £20,182m
RiskGrade 154

Imperial Tobacco Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
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Price Trend
52.21% above the market average52.21% above the market average52.21% above the market average52.21% above the market average52.21% above the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average
Income Not Available
Growth
32.27% below the market average32.27% below the market average32.27% below the market average32.27% below the market average32.27% below the market average
100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 5
Buy 2
Neutral 2
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 10
buy
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Imperial Tobacco Dividends

  Latest Previous
  2nd Interim 1st Interim
Ex-Div 20-Aug-26 21-May-26
Paid 30-Sep-26 30-Jun-26
Amount 41.68p 41.68p

Trades for 09-Oct-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
15:14 3,711,716 @ 2,642.00p
15:14 3,711,716 @ 2,642.00p
16:49 4,000 @ 2,651.37p
16:49 10,276 @ 2,650.29p
16:49 2,236 @ 2,639.32p

Imperial Tobacco Key Personnel

Chair Thérèse Esperdy
CEO Lukas Paravicini
CFO Murray McGowan

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