British American Tobacco Ownership | Who Owns British American Tobacco?

British American Tobacco Ownership Summary

British American Tobacco is owned by 6.85% institutional investors, 0.10% insiders, and 93.05% retail investors. Capital investors is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 2.91% of BTI shares. Capital Group Wash Mutual Invtrs Comp is the top mutual fund, with 1.96% of its assets in British American Tobacco shares.

BTI Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	British American Tobacco	6.85%	0.10%	93.05%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	33.19%	16.40%	50.41%
Industry	Tobacco Stocks	19.61%	16.89%	63.50%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Capital investors	64.39M	2.91%	$3.65B
Gqg partners	28.55M	1.29%	$1.52B
Capital research global investors	22.33M	1.01%	$1.26B
Fmr	20.42M	0.92%	$1.08B
Blackrock	20.05M	0.90%	$620.10M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	10.63M	0.48%	$601.75M
Orbis allan gray	9.52M	0.43%	$505.38M
Capital world investors	9.52M	0.43%	$538.94M
Morgan stanley	4.81M	0.22%	$272.48M
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	453.81K	7.09%	$25.69M
Kennon-green & company	140.63K	6.32%	$7.96M
Dupree financial group	290.94K	6.00%	$16.47M
First sabrepoint capital management lp	310.00K	5.21%	$16.45M
Abc arbitrage sa	918.65K	4.87%	$52.01M
Empyrean capital partners, lp	2.20M	4.69%	$116.78M
Savoir faire capital management	156.78K	4.21%	$8.88M
Mcgowan group asset management	559.25K	3.93%	$31.66M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Fmr	20.42M	0.06%	8.16M
Gqg partners	28.55M	2.33%	4.87M
Blackrock	20.05M	0.01%	2.32M
Point72 asset management	1.42M	0.13%	1.42M
Empyrean capital partners, lp	2.20M	4.69%	1.25M

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
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	-	-	-2.04M
Pacer advisors	-	-	-1.65M
Two sigma investments, lp	2.38M	0.19%	-1.60M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Madison avenue partners, lp	1.22M	3.88%	1.22M	$64.96M
Cubist systematic strategies	362.97K	0.09%	362.97K	$19.27M
Crawford investment counsel	353.58K	0.31%	353.58K	$18.77M
Marshall wace, llp	339.73K	0.02%	339.73K	$18.03M
Modern wealth management	278.29K	0.29%	278.29K	$14.77M

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 %
Dec 31, 2025	554	-31.60%	151,860,079	-45.54%	6	4.33%	285	-30.15%	167	-32.39%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Capital Group Wash Mutual Invtrs Comp	42.53M	1.96%	-
American Funds Washington Mutual A	42.53M	1.96%	-
American Funds American Mutual A	26.56M	1.22%	-
Capital Group American Mutual Comp	26.56M	1.22%	-
Goldman Sachs GQG Ptnrs Intl Opps Instl	14.30M	0.66%	1.08M
American Funds American Balanced A	10.95M	0.51%	-
Strategic Advisers Fidelity US TtlStk	3.53M	0.16%	-
BlackRock Equity Dividend Instl	3.21M	0.15%	3.21M
American Funds Capital Income Bldr A	3.04M	0.14%	-
Fidelity Series Large Cap Stock	2.72M	0.13%	-

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 6.85%, followed by 0.10% insiders and 93.05% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in British American Tobacco's industry, Tobacco Stocks , is 19.61%, which British American Tobacco falls below.

Who owns the most shares of British American Tobacco?

British American Tobacco’s largest shareholders are Capital investors (64.39M shares, 2.91%), Gqg partners (28.55M shares, 1.29%), and Capital research global investors (22.33M shares, 1.01%). Together, they hold 5.20% 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?

Capital Group Wash Mutual Invtrs Comp is the top mutual fund holder of British American Tobacco shares, with 1.96% of its total shares outstanding invested in 42.53M British American Tobacco shares.

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