IMBBF Stock — Imperial Brands PLC

Imperial Brands PLC (IMBBF)

Updated October 16, 2026.

IMBBF is a Stock. its distribution rate is 2.95%, its trailing-12-month yield is 2.95%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is 1021.3% over the past 25.2 years, 131.0 points ahead of SPY at 890.3%.

Imperial Brands PLC manufactures and sells tobacco and tobacco-related products globally under brands including Davidoff, Gauloises, Winston, and Blu, alongside ancillary businesses in distribution, logistics, publishing, and pharmaceuticals. The company trades with a modest current distribution rate and does not maintain an established regular payout schedule. The stock appeals to income-oriented investors seeking exposure to established consumer staples companies with dividend characteristics.

IMBBF performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 1021.3% over the past 25.2 years, 131.0 points ahead of SPY at 890.3%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -2.7%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 29.7%.

IMBBF key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

07/31/2001

Distribution rate

2.95%

Trailing yield

2.95%

5-year average yield

6.77

Last close

$38.50 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$28,937,548,602

Average volume

4500.0

Dividend

$0.5688

Ex-dividend date

08/21/2026

Payment date

09/30/2026

Beta

0.134

Payout ratio

75.4%

P/E ratio

13.65

Forward P/E

6.3412

EPS

$2.82

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (2.95%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (2.95%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

IMBBF risks and drawbacks

IMBBF's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 29.7%.

Who may consider IMBBF — and who may not

IMBBF may suit someone looking for moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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