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Imperial Brands

LSE:IMB GB0004544929
22
  • Value
    60
  • Growth
    35
  • Safety
    Safety
    14
  • Combined
    18
  • Sentiment
    53
  • 360° View
    360° View
    22
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Company Description

Imperial Brands PLC is a fast-moving consumer goods company. It operates in the tobacco and next-generation products industries and owns brands such as John Player Special and Davidoff. The company operates in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australasia and Central and Eastern Europe. In the last fiscal year, the company had 25,600 employees, a market cap of $31,552 million, profits of $9,064 million, and revenue of $43,334 million.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 22 (better than 22% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Imperial Brands are critical, mostly below average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half the metrics below and half above average for Imperial Brands. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 60, which means that the share price of Imperial Brands is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is lower than for 60% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 53, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 53% of alternative investment opportunities. But the consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 35, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 14, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 86 comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Opinions Change
Weakest Rank Profit Growth
Country United Kingdom
Industry Tobacco
Size X-Large
Website imperialbrandsplc.com
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Last update: 7-May-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
60 67 65 67
Growth
35 53 13 21
Safety
Safety
14 8 6 9
Sentiment
53 83 77 9
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22 60 17 3
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
51 77 59 35
Opinions Change
6 57 11 32
Pro Holdings
n/a 79 96 33
Market Pulse
48 59 83 40
Sentiment
53 83 77 9
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
60 67 65 67
Growth
35 53 13 21
Safety Safety
14 8 6 9
Combined
18 40 4 7
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
18 60 18 26
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
90 79 97 93
Price vs. Book (P/B)
25 12 21 45
Dividend Yield
87 90 94 98
Value
60 67 65 67
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
33 18 15 12
Profit Growth
98 34 50 19
Capital Growth
18 53 28 84
Stock Returns
30 97 41 55
Growth
35 53 13 21
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
11 9 6 6
Refinancing
10 14 5 5
Liquidity
61 66 42 43
Safety Safety
14 8 6 9

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With good value and positive sentiment, but low growth and risky financing, this combination is generally dangerous as debt requires growth to sustain it. Only investors with a strong belief in future growth potential and a high-risk tolerance should consider this stock.

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