British American Tobacco Ownership | Who Owns British American Tobacco?

British American Tobacco Ownership Summary

British American Tobacco is owned by 11.89% institutional investors, 5.27% insiders, and 82.84% retail investors. Capital investors is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 2.86% of BTI shares. American Funds Washington Mutual A is the top mutual fund, with 1.49% of its assets in British American Tobacco shares.

BTI Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	British American Tobacco	11.89%	5.27%	82.84%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	51.48%	16.38%	32.14%
Industry	Tobacco Stocks	35.46%	17.38%	47.16%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Capital investors	62.17M	2.86%	$2.94B
Gqg partners	23.68M	1.09%	$1.12B
Capital research global investors	21.51M	0.99%	$1.02B
Blackrock	20.05M	0.90%	$620.10M
Orbis allan gray	14.50M	0.67%	$686.47M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	11.87M	0.55%	$561.82M
Fmr	10.23M	0.46%	$371.64M
Morgan stanley	5.29M	0.24%	$163.50M
Mondrian investment partners	4.69M	0.21%	$185.78M
Bank of america corp /de/	4.41M	0.20%	$136.44M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Epacria capital partners	315.53K	12.47%	$14.93M
Investment management associates inc /adv	585.78K	9.28%	$27.72M
Kize capital lp	195.00K	8.30%	$9.23M
First sabrepoint capital management lp	350.00K	5.90%	$16.57M
Dupree financial group	314.97K	5.87%	$14.91M
Euro pacific asset management	664.41K	5.08%	$31.46M
Kennon-green & company	158.49K	4.97%	$5.76M
Savoir faire capital management	208.34K	4.77%	$9.86M
Orbis allan gray	14.50M	3.34%	$686.47M
Mcgowan group asset management	559.05K	3.33%	$26.46M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Gqg partners	23.68M	1.59%	14.08M
Mondrian investment partners	4.69M	3.07%	3.28M
Capital research global investors	21.51M	0.20%	3.20M
Fmr	10.23M	0.02%	3.13M
Orbis allan gray	14.50M	3.34%	2.48M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Federated hermes	151.87K	0.01%	-2.16M
Pacer advisors	-	-	-1.65M
Icici prudential asset management	-	-	-1.30M
Morgan stanley	5.29M	0.01%	-1.11M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	11.87M	0.01%	-907.35K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Maple rock capital partners	1.35M	3.12%	1.35M	$63.73M
Empyrean capital partners, lp	950.00K	1.51%	950.00K	$44.96M
Callodine capital management, lp	527.50K	2.59%	527.50K	$24.97M
Yong rong (hk) asset management	140.00K	1.60%	140.00K	$6.63M
Butensky & cohen financial security	120.32K	1.69%	120.32K	$5.69M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Financial gravity asset management	-1.00
Creekmur asset management	-2.00
Harbor investment advisory	-4.00
West branch capital	-5.00
Perkins coie trust	-7.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2025	748	11.48%	258,346,753	21.91%	11	12.98%	442	31.94%	161	-22.22%
Mar 31, 2025	665	3.10%	211,856,081	11.93%	9	13.31%	331	1.22%	208	4.52%
Dec 31, 2024	344	-46.58%	41,731,316	-77.28%	1	2.79%	173	-50.14%	111	-39.67%
Sep 30, 2024	636	7.07%	183,377,961	16.50%	8	16.40%	345	7.81%	180	7.78%
Jun 30, 2024	585	-3.94%	157,226,836	8.23%	7	16.61%	315	0.96%	162	-10.50%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
American Funds Washington Mutual A	32.52M	1.49%	-
Capital Group Wash Mutual Invtrs Comp	32.52M	1.49%	-
American Funds American Mutual A	26.56M	1.21%	1.56M
Capital Group American Mutual Comp	26.56M	1.21%	1.56M
Goldman Sachs GQG Ptnrs Intl Opps Instl	13.23M	0.61%	-
American Funds American Balanced A	10.95M	0.50%	-
Orbis Global Equity Investor	3.78M	0.17%	173.86K
BlackRock Equity Dividend Instl	3.59M	0.16%	-414.47K
American Funds Capital Income Bldr A	3.04M	0.14%	-
GQG Partners US Select Quality Eq Instl	2.69M	0.12%	2.69M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2022 Q4	-	-

BTI Ownership FAQ

Who Owns British American Tobacco?

British American Tobacco shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 11.89%, followed by 5.27% insiders and 82.84% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in British American Tobacco's industry, Tobacco Stocks , is 35.46%, which British American Tobacco falls below.

Who owns the most shares of British American Tobacco?

British American Tobacco’s largest shareholders are Capital investors (62.17M shares, 2.86%), Gqg partners (23.68M shares, 1.09%), and Capital research global investors (21.51M shares, 0.99%). Together, they hold 4.94% of British American Tobacco’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own British American Tobacco?

Yes, BlackRock owns 0.90% of British American Tobacco, totaling 20.05M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.01% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 620.1M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 2.32M shares, a 13.06% change.

Who is British American Tobacco’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Epacria capital partners is British American Tobacco’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 12.47% of its assets in 315.53K British American Tobacco shares, valued at 14.93M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of British American Tobacco shares?

American Funds Washington Mutual A is the top mutual fund holder of British American Tobacco shares, with 1.49% of its total shares outstanding invested in 32.52M British American Tobacco shares.

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