British American Tobacco on Thursday said it was taking a £27.3 billion ($34.5 billion) writedown on the value of its U.S. cigarette brands.The cigarette maker had previously said it was going to take a big write-down, which it estimated in December would be around £25 billion.According to data from Calcbench, there hasn’t been a writedown this large by a U.S.-listed company since AOL’s $35.6 billion write-off in 2014. BAT is writing down the value of Newport over 20 years, and Camel, Natural American Spiri ...

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For decades, tobacco stocks were the cream of the crop when it came to investment performance. Despite years and years of volume declines in the United States and other markets, sellers of cigarettes had two things going for them that enabled their stocks to crush the market: global population growth and pricing power. This enabled the companies to deliver consistent earnings growth and return capital to shareholders with fat dividends.The 2010s and 2020s have not been nearly as kind to these stocks. For ex ...

VioletaStoimenova Our investing approach is one that blends growth, income, and value, along with targeted trading in beaten-down names primed for a rebound. Sometimes, a high-yield is a red flag. Other times, quality companies can be in an unfavored sector, and see their stocks get creamed, driving a sustainable dividend-paying company into the high-yield range. We focus on finding the best income names to round out our trading, ones where we can collect a solid dividend while we also wait for a turnaround ...

Based on the latest headlines, investors might be tempted to ignore the viability of underappreciated value stocks. Primarily, the latest reports indicate that the economy grew at a much more rapid pace than experts anticipated in the fourth quarter. As well, inflation eased, making the Federal Reserve’s ability to engineer a soft landing seem rather credible.So, why bother with value stocks? Instead, the data – that’s what everyone is talking about, right? – points toward optimism. However, not all signs p ...

There was a time when tobacco stocks were among the best investments you could own. For example, Altria (MO -0.27%), which for much of its history also owned what is now Philip Morris (PM -0.93%), was the best-performing stock on the market over a nearly 50-year period, according to Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel. However, over the last decade, that's changed. Shares of tobacco companies like those two and British American Tobacco (BTI 0.41%) have succumbed to pressure from declining cigarette sales, an in ...

Looking for big dividends? There's certainly no shortage of high-yielding stocks out there right now. If you can jump into one of these tickers before a sizable run-up in stock price, though, so much the better.With that as the backdrop, here's a closer look at two stocks offering huge dividend yields, both of which may be nearing a big-time recovery rally. You may want to consider jumping in sooner rather than later, while you can still get in at a great price ... and at a great yield.1. WhirlpoolMost indu ...

spawns/iStock via Getty Images Despite the very large dividend payout, British American Tobacco p.l.c. (NYSE:BTI) has been a huge disaster for shareholders for a long time now. The company has been aggressively investing into cannabis and outlining plans to write down U.S. combustible brands in signs management fears the end game of the main business line now. My investment thesis is slightly Bullish on the stock after the irrational collapse to end 2023. Source: Finviz Strange Signals The company re ...

Funtay High dividend yields should be approached with caution. Sometimes, it's the case that the business of a particular company has taken a downturn and it can't sustain paying the same dividend as before. As a result, the share price usually drops in anticipation of that, but the high yield lags behind as previous payments are used in its calculation. However, there are exceptions to this - companies, with sound business performance, who have taken a hit on negative investor sentiment, but are more than ...

Funtay UK cigarette retail sales trends continue to be weak. That's no big surprise, and it's the general trend seen around the world. British American Tobacco (NYSE:BTI) sees tepid sales growth as the large-cap company aims to refocus on next-generation products, including vaping, heated tobacco, and modern oral products. For now, I reiterate my buy rating on BTI. I continue to see the stock as undervalued with high free cash flow. A GBP 25 billion impairment charge announced in early December 2023 was ini ...