Imperial Tobacco Financial Analysis
Imperial Tobacco
Index
S.No. Particulars Page No.
1 IMPERIAL TOBACCO Company Profile 2
2 Key management personal and shareholding distributions 3 Share Holding Distributions
3 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS 5 Comparative Profit and Loss Growth Analysis Comparative Balance Sheet Analysis Financial Ratios Analysis
4 SHARE MARKET INFORMATION 8 Dividends Imperial Tobacco Direct Competitor Comparison Valuation Ratio Comparison with Industry And Sector Statistical/ Technical Analysis
5 Risk Analysis 10
6 Final comment 11
1.Company Profile
Address: PO Box 244 Upton Road
Bristol BS99 7UJ United Kingdom
Web Site: www.imperial-tobacco.com
Index: FTSE 100 | STOXX 600
Market Place(s) : Frankfurt | Amsterdam | Virt-x | London | Virt-x | New York
Number Of Shares : 677,483,000
Sector: Agro-food
Industry: Tobacco
Sub-Industry: Tobaccos, Cigars and Cigarettes
Imperial Tobacco Group is the world number four in the cigarette manufacture and distribution sector. Its brands are divided into several ranges so as to reach a wide a market as possible. They include Embassy and Regal, Davidoff (so-called "luxury" cigarettes), SuperKings and John Player Specials (mid-priced), and Lambert & Butler (more cheaply priced).However the group 's business does not focus solely on cigarettes. Imperial Tobacco also produces cigars, pipe tobacco brands, and is also the world leader in hand-rolling tobacco with the Drum brand. Not to mention RIZLA, making the firm a giant in the cigarette paper market too.Thus dominating the tobacco market, Imperial Tobacco pursues an aggressive expansion strategy. Other than its large European market, the group has taken over the Horizon, John Brandon and Peter Stuyvesant brands, which has taken it into the Australian and New Zealand markets, and bought out Tobaccor, the second biggest cigarette producer in Sub-Saharan Africa, giving it a
Index
S.No. Particulars Page No.
1 IMPERIAL TOBACCO Company Profile 2
2 Key management personal and shareholding distributions 3 Share Holding Distributions
3 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS 5 Comparative Profit and Loss Growth Analysis Comparative Balance Sheet Analysis Financial Ratios Analysis
4 SHARE MARKET INFORMATION 8 Dividends Imperial Tobacco Direct Competitor Comparison Valuation Ratio Comparison with Industry And Sector Statistical/ Technical Analysis
5 Risk Analysis 10
6 Final comment 11
1.Company Profile
Address: PO Box 244 Upton Road
Bristol BS99 7UJ United Kingdom
Web Site: www.imperial-tobacco.com
Index: FTSE 100 | STOXX 600
Market Place(s) : Frankfurt | Amsterdam | Virt-x | London | Virt-x | New York
Number Of Shares : 677,483,000
Sector: Agro-food
Industry: Tobacco
Sub-Industry: Tobaccos, Cigars and Cigarettes
Imperial Tobacco Group is the world number four in the cigarette manufacture and distribution sector. Its brands are divided into several ranges so as to reach a wide a market as possible. They include Embassy and Regal, Davidoff (so-called "luxury" cigarettes), SuperKings and John Player Specials (mid-priced), and Lambert & Butler (more cheaply priced).However the group 's business does not focus solely on cigarettes. Imperial Tobacco also produces cigars, pipe tobacco brands, and is also the world leader in hand-rolling tobacco with the Drum brand. Not to mention RIZLA, making the firm a giant in the cigarette paper market too.Thus dominating the tobacco market, Imperial Tobacco pursues an aggressive expansion strategy. Other than its large European market, the group has taken over the Horizon, John Brandon and Peter Stuyvesant brands, which has taken it into the Australian and New Zealand markets, and bought out Tobaccor, the second biggest cigarette producer in Sub-Saharan Africa, giving it a