Imperial Brands PLC
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 nic…
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.Looks undervalued
Why: Dividends are a large share of earnings, so the cash paid to shareholders is the best guide to value.
Details and the full model are below.
Market price below modeled range
Showing the EV/Sales (Rule of 40) you selected on the company card, using 2% growth, 2.4% terminal growth and 9.2% discount. The range varies these assumptions slightly; it is illustrative, not investment advice. Low confidence: the modelled value is far from the market price, which usually means the model does not capture this company well (for example expected growth well above its history).
Assumptions: growth 2%, discount rate 9.20%, terminal growth 2.40% (sector defaults). See a worked example.
Blended growth assumption: 2.0% (sector default 5.3%, own revenue history -0.5%, analyst revenue consensus 1.5%).
5-year outlook: relative outlook of about 9.9% a year (Medium confidence), anchored to a 7% market return and adjusted for how this company ranks against others. A ranking aid, not a prediction. See the full forecast.
Analyst consensus expects revenue growth of 1.5% a year; the growth assumption used is 2.0%.
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Why this model: Dividends are a large share of earnings, so the cash paid to shareholders is the best guide to value.
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DCF (trailing free cash flow)
— GBP 40.64 (+36.9%)
Not used: Not chosen: Dividend discount model ranks ahead of it for this company.
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FCFF (steady state)
— GBP 41.53 (+39.9%)
Not used: Assumes only the long-run terminal growth rate from today, so it ignores the near-term growth expected.
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EV/EBITDA (12x)
— GBP 51.23 (+72.6%)
Not used: Used only when free cash flow is far below earnings even after averaging three years; a fixed 12x multiple also ignores sector differences.
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Fade DCF (10-year growth fade)
— GBP 40.68 (+37.1%)
Not used: An alternative growth path (fading over 10 years) shown for comparison; the automatic choice does not use it.
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EV/Sales (Rule of 40)
— GBP 107.74 (+263.0%)
Not used: Used only for technology and communication companies whose cash-flow value is far below the price.
| Bear GBP 78.23 | 62.1% |
| Base GBP 107.74 | 72.5% |
| Bull GBP 137.25 | 78.4% |
Margin = (value − price) / value, so it is measured against the value and reads lower than the upside to value, which is measured against the price. Positive means the price is below that case.
Track record: see the methodology page for how this model has performed historically, including its limits. Treat it as a screen, not a forecast.
Price history and fair value
No chartable saved daily price history is available for this range. The chart uses stored EODHD prices only and will appear after history is saved.
More detail: quality, peers, price history, dividends and financials
Quality score: 64 / 100
Five equal checks on reported history: profitability, cash generation, revenue growth, balance sheet and margins. It describes business quality, not whether the price is attractive.
| Profitability | 5 of 5 years profitable | 20 / 20 |
| Cash generation | free cash flow positive in 5 of 5 years | 20 / 20 |
| Growth | revenue -0.5% a year | 4 / 20 |
| Balance sheet | net debt 2.0x EBITDA | 10 / 20 |
| Margins | EBITDA margin 13% | 10 / 20 |
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| Peer median | 16.3 | 1.9 | ||||
Dividends
Paid in the last 12 months: GBP 0.02 per share · yield 0.07% at the current price.
| Year | Dividends per share |
|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 0.017 |
| 2025 | 0.017 |
| 2024 | 0.015 |
| 2023 | 0.014 |
| 2022 | 0.014 |
| 2021 | 0.014 |
Annual financial statement
Saved annual report · Fiscal year 2025 · EODHD annual statements · period ended 30 Sep 2025
| Revenue | GBP 32,171,000,000 |
|---|---|
| EBITDA | GBP 4,259,000,000 |
| EBIT | GBP 3,584,000,000 |
| Net income | GBP 2,071,000,000 |
| Free cash flow | GBP 2,859,000,000 |
| Capital expenditures | GBP 384,000,000 |
| Debt | GBP 9,996,000,000 |
| Cash | GBP 1,439,000,000 |
| Working capital | GBP -3,042,000,000 |
| Shares outstanding | 830,600,000 |
| Reported dividends per share | GBP 1.8758 |