Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (IMT) Scheduled to Post Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday

Source from:  DFN 11/02/2015

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (LON:IMT) is scheduled to be announcing its earnings results before the market opens on Tuesday, November 3rd.

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (LON:IMT) traded down 0.60% during trading on Friday, reaching GBX 3499.00. The company's stock had a trading volume of 3,908,766 shares. The company's market capitalization is GBX 33.35 billion. Imperial Tobacco Group PLC has a 52 week low of GBX 2,661.00 and a 52 week high of GBX 3,567.00. The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 3,417.05 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 3,285.31.

Several research firms recently weighed in on IMT. Deutsche Bank reissued a "buy" rating and set a GBX 4,000 ($61.27) price target on shares of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC in a research report on Friday. Citigroup Inc. restated a "neutral" rating and set a GBX 3,500 ($53.61) price objective on shares of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC in a research note on Monday, September 28th. Nomura reaffirmed a "reduce" rating and set a GBX 2,720 ($41.66) target price on shares of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC in a research report on Thursday, October 22nd. Credit Agricole reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a GBX 3,500 ($53.61) price objective on shares of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC in a report on Thursday, October 22nd. Finally, Credit Suisse restated an "outperform" rating and issued a GBX 3,500 ($53.61) target price on shares of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC in a research note on Thursday, October 22nd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company. The stock presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of GBX 3,439.28 ($52.68).

In related news, insider Phillips,Matthew sold 264 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,371 ($51.63), for a total value of £8,899.44 ($13,630.63). Also, insider Haines,David acquired 181 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 20th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 3,172 ($48.58) per share, with a total value of £5,741.32 ($8,793.57).

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (LON:IMT) is a tobacco company. The portfolio of the Company contains Specialist Growth and Portfolio Brands. Its growth brands comprise Davidoff, Gauloises Blondes, JPS, West, Fine, News, USA Gold, Bastos, Lambert & Butler and Parker & Simpson. Its specialist brands consist of a variety of paper, fine cut tobacco, cig, and cigar and smokeless tobacco brands. Portfolio Brands are a mixture of local and regional offerings that fulfil various roles. Imperial Tobacco contains two distinct companies: Tobacco and Logistics. The Tobacco business includes the manufacture, advertising and sale of tobacco and tobacco-related products, including sales to (but not by) the Logistics company. The Logistics business consists of the supply of tobacco products for tobacco product manufacturing companies, including Imperial Tobacco, together with a variety of non-tobacco products and services. Enditem