British American Tobacco Ownership | Who Owns British American Tobacco?

British American Tobacco Ownership Summary

British American Tobacco is owned by 15.01% institutional investors, 0.10% insiders, and 84.89% retail investors. Capital investors is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 2.25% of BTI shares. American Funds Washington Mutual A is the top mutual fund, with 2.29% of its assets in British American Tobacco shares.

BTI Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	British American Tobacco	15.01%	0.10%	84.89%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	52.39%	16.77%	30.84%
Industry	Tobacco Stocks	35.73%	21.49%	42.79%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Capital investors	49.13M	2.25%	$3.04B
Fmr	44.16M	2.02%	$2.73B
Capital research global investors	30.33M	1.39%	$1.87B
Gqg partners	24.57M	1.12%	$1.52B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	20.16M	0.92%	$1.25B
Blackrock	20.05M	0.90%	$620.10M
Bank of america corp /de/	10.53M	0.48%	$650.64M
Capital world investors	9.74M	0.45%	$601.66M
Morgan stanley	7.71M	0.35%	$475.99M
Orbis allan gray	7.39M	0.34%	$456.12M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Epacria capital partners	290.38K	13.84%	$17.93M
Kize capital lp	126.00K	10.01%	$7.78M
Smith thomas w	181.00K	9.93%	$11.18M
Abc arbitrage sa	1.28M	6.84%	$69.75M
Savoir faire capital management	162.69K	6.24%	$10.05M
Kennon-green & company	129.85K	5.41%	$7.06M
Transmarket lp	165.04K	5.01%	$8.98M
Mondrian investment partners	4.36M	4.40%	$237.05M
Mcgowan group asset management	555.57K	4.17%	$34.31M
Callodine capital management, lp	1.01M	4.07%	$62.29M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Fmr	44.16M	0.12%	7.47M
Morgan stanley	7.71M	0.03%	2.51M
Blackrock	20.05M	0.01%	2.32M
Citigroup	1.55M	0.03%	1.43M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	20.16M	0.02%	1.01M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Gqg partners	24.57M	2.82%	-3.12M
Two sigma investments, lp	1.20M	0.05%	-3.02M
Two sigma advisers, lp	1.02M	0.11%	-2.86M
Contrarius group	206.52K	0.59%	-2.62M
Pacer advisors	-	-	-1.65M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Sixth street partners management company	389.04K	0.00%	389.04K	$24.03M
Cubist systematic strategies	362.97K	0.09%	362.97K	$19.27M
Old mission capital	184.54K	0.18%	184.54K	$11.40M
Transmarket lp	165.04K	5.01%	165.04K	$8.98M
Boothbay fund management	150.05K	0.12%	150.05K	$9.27M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Financial gravity asset management	-1.00
Merkkuri wealth advisors	-1.00
Creekmur asset management	-2.00
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, 2026	935	3.20%	328,349,812	2.86%	15	7.38%	486	-2.99%	262	14.41%
Mar 31, 2026	879	2.33%	308,607,923	6.54%	13	7.86%	485	5.90%	223	-10.80%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
American Funds Washington Mutual A	49.18M	2.29%	-183.38K
Capital Group Wash Mutual Invtrs Comp	49.37M	2.27%	112.73K
American Funds American Mutual A	23.79M	1.11%	1.15M
Capital Group American Mutual Comp	22.64M	1.04%	-
American Funds American Balanced A	10.95M	0.51%	-
Goldman Sachs GQG Ptnrs Intl Opps Instl	10.45M	0.49%	-3.37M
BlackRock Equity Dividend Instl	7.50M	0.34%	-22.99K
Strategic Advisers Fidelity US TtlStk	5.53M	0.26%	184.89K
Fidelity Series Value Discovery	3.10M	0.14%	66.06K
American Funds Capital Inc Bldr A	3.04M	0.14%	-

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 15.01%, followed by 0.10% insiders and 84.89% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in British American Tobacco's industry, Tobacco Stocks , is 35.73%, which British American Tobacco falls below.

Who owns the most shares of British American Tobacco?

British American Tobacco’s largest shareholders are Capital investors (49.13M shares, 2.25%), Fmr (44.16M shares, 2.02%), and Capital research global investors (30.33M shares, 1.39%). Together, they hold 5.65% 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 13.84% of its assets in 290.38K British American Tobacco shares, valued at 17.93M$.

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 2.29% of its total shares outstanding invested in 49.18M British American Tobacco shares.

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