Imperial Brands (OTCMKTS:IMBBY) Reaches New 12-Month High – Here’s Why

Imperial Brands PLC (OTCMKTS:IMBBY)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Thursday . The company traded as high as $31.16 and last traded at $30.93, with a volume of 54330 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $30.94.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have weighed in on the company. Morgan Stanley upgraded Imperial Brands from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, October 3rd. Barclays upgraded Imperial Brands to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 9th.

Imperial Brands Stock Down 0.0 %

The firm’s fifty day moving average is $29.37 and its 200 day moving average is $27.04.

Imperial Brands Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 8th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 29th will be issued a dividend of $0.6975 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 29th. This is a positive change from Imperial Brands’s previous dividend of $0.28.

Imperial Brands Company Profile

Imperial Brands PLC, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, imports, markets, and sells tobacco and tobacco-related products in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. 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, Fortuna, Nobel, News, Backwoods, Champion, Golden Virginia, Rizla, Blu, Pulze, Skruf, and Zone X.