Imperial Brands stock gains as buyback trims shares

Imperial Brands PLC (GB0004544929) traded at 2,507.00 GBp on the London Stock Exchange on September 16, 2026, down 0.36 percent from a previous close of 2,516.00 GBp. The move came as TipRanks reported on September 16, 2026 that the company canceled 344,821 ordinary shares bought on September 15, 2026.

Buyback trims the share count

According to TipRanks, the latest repurchase was executed via Barclays on the London Stock Exchange under the company's GBP 1.45 billion buyback program. TipRanks said the issued share capital will fall to 761,931,041 shares, which gives investors a smaller denominator for future per-share metrics.

The same report also said the most recent analyst rating on Imperial Brands stock is Buy with a GBP 35.00 price target. The update adds a clear valuation reference after the share count move.

What the numbers show

On Yahoo Finance, Imperial Brands showed a 52-week range of 2,437.00 GBp to 3,632.04 GBp, market capitalization of 18.922 billion GBp and volume of 148,664 shares as of September 16, 2026. The stock was also down 19.59 percent year to date on the same snapshot.

The same market page listed trailing 12-month revenue of 19.41 billion USD, net income of 1.74 billion USD and diluted EPS of 2.13. It also showed a profit margin of 8.96 percent and levered free cash flow of 2.5 billion USD, all for the trailing 12 months.

Price and range

Imperial Brands stock closed the session at 2,507.00 GBp, close to the intraday low of 2,494.00 GBp and still above the 52-week floor of 2,437.00 GBp. The share price sat far below the 52-week high of 3,632.04 GBp on September 16, 2026.

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