News Sentiment

BMT sentiment intelligence

British American Tobacco p.l.c. news scored across direct company coverage, industry context, sector read-through, source quality, and freshness.

Weighted score 51 Balanced news tone 33 relevant articles
Exchange GER Germany
Sector Consumer Defensive Market context
Industry Tobacco Read-through group
Latest close 50.28 Week of 19 Jun 2026
Weighted tone 51/100

Balanced news tone

Market reaction Price moving ahead of tone

Price is moving more forcefully than the current news tone suggests.

Primary event Market update

77/100 classification confidence.

Company focus 33

directly relevant articles

Source quality 7

high-authority source matches

Trend context Trend active

-6.3% over one week, -11.1% over four weeks, trend active, and materially above fair value.

Latest direct headline Neutral

Q1 Earnings Highs And Lows: Monster (NASDAQ:MNST) Vs The Rest Of The Beverages, Alcohol, and Tobacco Stocks

Market Reaction

Price moving ahead of tone

58/100 confidence

Price is moving more forcefully than the current news tone suggests.

Primary event Market update 77/100 classification
One-week reaction -6.3% Price reacting lower
Trend fit Trend active -11.1% over four weeks
Fair value 43.6% Materially above fair value

Sentiment Mix

Positive, neutral, negative

Weighted by relevance
Positive 4
Neutral 27
Negative 2

Relevance

Why the article matched

Direct first
Direct company coverage 33
Industry context 0
Sector context 0

Sources

Coverage mix

Publishers
Market source 14
AD HOC NEWS 3
StockStory 3
Barron's 2
Seeking Alpha 2
GuruFocus 1
WSJ 1
IndexBox 1

Event Lens

What the news is about

Classified themes
Market update 18
Earnings 10
Guidance 1
Deals and strategy 1
Analyst action 1
Capital return 1
Regulatory and legal 1

Sentiment Trail

Score over time

50 baseline
Above 50 Neutral zone Below 50

News Tape

Relevant headlines

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