Imperial Brands stock trades 9.64 percent below its 52-week high
Published on 10/29/2026 at 12:59 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSGuidance and shareholder returns
- Imperial Brands announced a GBP 1.5 billion fiscal 2027 buyback on October 8, 2026.
- Adjusted operating profit growth is guided at 3.00 to 5.00 percent for fiscal 2026.
- Imperial Brands stock trades at EUR 34.70 at 12:51 p.m. CET at Lang & Schwarz on October 29, 2026, 0.81 percent above the Xetra close of October 28, 2026.
Imperial Brands stock (ISIN GB0004544929) was trading at EUR 34.70 at Lang & Schwarz on October 29, 2026, at 12:51 p.m. CET, up 0.81 percent versus the Xetra close of October 28, 2026, at EUR 34.42. The tobacco group remains on track for its fiscal 2026 targets after its October 8 trading update, which also announced a new shareholder return program.
Imperial Brands said in its Imperial Brands release dated October 8, 2026, that adjusted operating profit growth should remain within its 3.00 to 5.00 percent fiscal 2026 guidance range. Adjusted earnings per share growth is expected to reach a high-single-digit rate, while free cash flow should exceed GBP 2.2 billion.
The buyback sets the tone
The company completed a GBP 1.45 billion fiscal 2026 repurchase and announced a GBP 1.5 billion buyback for fiscal 2027. The new program is scheduled to run no later than October 29, 2027, with the first GBP 750 million tranche planned through HSBC, according to Sharecast.
The operating picture combines low-single-digit tobacco net revenue growth with double-digit net revenue growth in next-generation products. Imperial Brands also expects group leverage to finish fiscal 2026 at the lower end of its 2.00 to 2.50 net debt-to-EBITDA range. That mix makes cash generation and capital returns central to the stock story.
What does guidance mean?
The guidance leaves execution, rather than a fresh forecast change, as the key issue for the November reporting date. The company said it expects a sixth consecutive year of tobacco net revenue growth, supported by pricing and share gains in the United States and Germany, while group volumes are expected to decline at a low-single-digit rate.
Results date and stock level
Imperial Brands lists its full-year results announcement for November 17, 2026, on its investor hub. The EUR 34.70 Lang & Schwarz price is 9.64 percent below the 52-week high of EUR 38.40 and 22.61 percent above the 52-week low of EUR 28.30.
The stock was trading at EUR 34.70 at Lang & Schwarz on October 29, 2026, at 12:51 p.m. CET, up 0.81 percent versus the Xetra close of October 28, 2026, at EUR 34.42. The further course of trading is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of Imperial Brands stock.
Imperial Brands stock facts
- Company: Imperial Brands PLC
- ISIN: GB0004544929
- Price Lang & Schwarz (as of October 29, 2026, 12:51 p.m. CET): EUR 34.70
- Change versus Xetra close: plus 0.81 percent
- Xetra close (October 28, 2026): EUR 34.42
- Market capitalization: EUR 26.0 billion (as of October 29, 2026)
- 52-week range: EUR 28.30-38.40 (as of October 29, 2026)
- Index membership: FTSE 100
- Next earnings date: November 17, 2026
Market context: Market report FTSE 100.
