IMB PEER ANALYSIS

Imperial Brands PLC — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

IMBImperial Brands PLC

🇬🇧 UK · LSE · Consumer Defensive · Tobacco

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Overall Profile & Returns

· Tobacco

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile
ValuationFinancial HealthDividend
IMBIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year
Split-adjusted
IMB+4.8%UVV-5.8%TPB+18.6%
Year-to-Date (YTD)
IMB-6.6%UVV+0.9%TPB-20.6%

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better
IMB—UVV39.84TPB30.19Median 25.73

ROE

Higher is better
IMB—UVV2.3%TPB19.6%Median 15.9%

Net Margin

Higher is better
IMB—UVV1.1%TPB11.5%Median 26.7%

Revenue Growth

Higher is better
IMB—UVV-0.8%TPB25.2%Median 7.7%

All Metrics

Valuation
MetricIMBUVVTPBInd. Median
P/E—39.8430.19●25.73
P/B5.530.92●4.581.52
EV/EBITDA—9.31●16.0512.04
P/S—0.44●3.483.95
Financial Health
MetricIMBUVVTPBInd. Median
Current Ratio0.703.495.87●0.92
Debt/Equity278.4%66.4%●84.8%70.5%
NetDebt/EBITDA—3.751.05●2.54
Profitability
MetricIMBUVVTPBInd. Median
Net Margin—1.1%11.5%●26.7%
ROE—2.3%19.6%●15.9%
ROA—1.1%8.3%●8.3%
EBITDA Margin—8.0%23.2%●43.0%
Growth + Dividend
MetricIMBUVVTPBInd. Median
Rev. Growth—-0.8%25.2%●7.7%
NI Growth—-65.7%31.4%●31.4%
Div. Yield5.8%6.3%●0.4%5.5%
Payout—204.8%10.5%79.4%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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