Both companies are expected to deliver similar earnings and dividend growth this year, but British American Tobacco's premium is the price you have to pay for access to its higher-growth markets.

Imperial Tobacco (LSE: IMT) (NASDAQOTH: ITYBY.US) released half-year results for the six months to 31 March 2013 this morning, in which pretty much everything had declined, compared with 2012.

We'll have news from BP plc (LON: BP), Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (LON: IMT) and Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON: RR). We have a number of interim updates of various kinds coming from FTSE 100 companies next week, with quite a few of them having ...

The highest price paid was 2326.0 pence per share and the lowest 2313.0 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Imperial Tobacco Group logo Societe Generale reissued their buy rating on shares of Imperial Tobacco Group (LON: IMT) in a research report released on Thursday morning, ARN reports.

Imperial Tobacco Group has a 1-year low of GBX 2224.00 and a 1-year high of GBX 2629.00. The stock's 50-day moving average is currently GBX 2314.57.

Imperial Tobacco Group logo Panmure Gordon reiterated their buy rating on shares of Imperial Tobacco Group (LON: IMT) in a research note issued to investors on Friday, ARN reports.

Imperial Tobacco Group logo Deutsche Bank reaffirmed their buy rating on shares of Imperial Tobacco Group (LON: IMT) in a research note released on Tuesday morning, ARN reports.

The following is a summary of analysts' forecasts for Imperial Tobacco Group Plc (IMT.LN) 1st half-year results, based on a poll of six analysts conducted by Dow Jones Newswires (figures in million pound, EPS and target price in pence, according to IFRS).

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