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British American Tobacco plc - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review

Summary

British American Tobacco plc - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review is an in-depth business, strategic and financial analysis of British American Tobacco plc. The report provides a comprehensive insight into the company, including business structure and operations, executive biographies and key competitors. The hallmark of the report is the detailed strategic

analysis of the company. This highlights its strengths and weaknesses and the opportunities and threats it faces going forward.

British American Tobacco plc (BAT) is one of the global leaders in the tobacco industry. It is the holding company of British American Tobacco Group of companies. It is engaged in the manufacturing, distribution and sale of tobacco products. The company offers wide range of cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, roll-your-own tobacco, and smokeless snuffs through more than 300 brands. BAT along with its associates produces 919 billion cigarettes through 49 cigarette factories in 41 countries. Out of all these facilities, four facilities and two separate plants also make cigars, roll their own and pipe tobacco.

Recent Developments

Jul 13, 2009: Accenture signs co-sourcing contract with British American Tobacco

Scope

- Provides key company information for business intelligence needs
- The company’s strengths and weaknesses and areas of development or decline are analyzed. Financial, strategic and operational factors are considered.
- The opportunities open to the company are considered and its growth potential assessed. Competitive or technological threats are highlighted.
- The report contains critical company information – business structure and operations, the company history, major products and services, key competitors, key employees and executive biographies, different locations and important subsidiaries.
- The report provides detailed financial ratios for the past five years as well as interim ratios for the last four quarters.
- Financial ratios include profitability, margins and returns, liquidity and leverage, financial position and efficiency ratios.

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