British American Tobacco Ownership | Who Owns British American Tobacco?

British American Tobacco Ownership Summary

British American Tobacco is owned by 1.65% institutional investors, 0.10% insiders, and 98.25% retail investors. Capital investors is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 2.89% 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	1.65%	0.10%	98.25%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	37.27%	16.03%	46.70%
Industry	Tobacco Stocks	24.99%	17.00%	58.02%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Capital investors	64.06M	2.89%	$3.40B
Gqg partners	28.55M	1.29%	$1.52B
Capital research global investors	22.07M	1.00%	$1.17B
Fmr	20.42M	0.92%	$1.08B
Blackrock	20.05M	0.90%	$620.10M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	10.89M	0.49%	$578.23M
Orbis allan gray	9.52M	0.43%	$505.38M
Capital world investors	9.47M	0.43%	$502.69M
Morgan stanley	5.26M	0.24%	$279.44M
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	13.59%	$16.75M
Kize capital lp	165.00K	9.99%	$8.76M
Investment management associates inc /adv	573.59K	8.97%	$30.45M
Kennon-green & company	154.73K	6.38%	$8.21M
Dupree financial group	290.49K	5.86%	$15.42M
First sabrepoint capital management lp	310.00K	5.21%	$16.45M
Savoir faire capital management	248.68K	4.74%	$13.20M
Empyrean capital partners, lp	2.20M	4.69%	$116.78M
Euro pacific asset management	660.48K	4.04%	$33.50M
Abc arbitrage sa	771.02K	4.03%	$40.93M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Capital world investors	9.47M	0.07%	9.40M
Fmr	20.42M	0.06%	8.16M
Gqg partners	28.55M	2.33%	4.87M
Mondrian investment partners	4.19M	3.71%	4.19M
Blackrock	20.05M	0.01%	2.32M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Orbis allan gray	9.52M	2.17%	-4.98M
Two sigma advisers, lp	1.02M	0.11%	-2.86M
Citigroup	383.90K	0.01%	-1.74M
Pacer advisors	-	-	-1.65M
Two sigma investments, lp	2.38M	0.19%	-1.60M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Mondrian investment partners	4.19M	3.71%	4.19M	$222.17M
Madison avenue partners, lp	1.22M	3.88%	1.22M	$64.96M
Ubs asset management americas	901.51K	0.01%	901.51K	$47.85M
Cubist systematic strategies	362.97K	0.09%	362.97K	$19.27M
Crawford investment counsel	353.58K	0.31%	353.58K	$18.77M

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 %
Sep 30, 2025	475	-36.33%	36,622,581	-85.29%	1	1.26%	244	-44.67%	143	-12.27%
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%

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 1.65%, followed by 0.10% insiders and 98.25% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in British American Tobacco's industry, Tobacco Stocks , is 24.99%, which British American Tobacco falls below.

Who owns the most shares of British American Tobacco?

British American Tobacco’s largest shareholders are Capital investors (64.06M shares, 2.89%), Gqg partners (28.55M shares, 1.29%), and Capital research global investors (22.07M shares, 1.00%). Together, they hold 5.17% 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 13.59% of its assets in 315.53K British American Tobacco shares, valued at 16.75M$.

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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