Imperial Brands PLC (IMBBF) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Oct 2, 2026: fair value of Imperial Brands PLC $70.63, price $33.05, upside +113.7%, quality 67 out of 100. Calculated from audited financials with 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
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Imperial Brands PLC
IMBBF · USClearly undervaluedStrong Fair Value upside, but quality is only moderate.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year, dashed = 300-day average. As of Oct 3, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range $8.61 – $45.69 · fair‑value band $47.25 – $93.46 · the $33.05 price screens below the $70.63 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). Dashed = 300-day average. As of Oct 3, 2026.
Company profile
Imperial Brands PLC, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, imports, markets, and sells tobacco and tobacco-related products in Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Asia, Australasia, and internationally. It offers a range of cigarettes, tobacco accessories, vapour, heated tobacco, and oral nicotine.
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Imperial Brands PLC, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, imports, markets, and sells tobacco and tobacco-related products in Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Asia, Australasia, and internationally. It offers a range of cigarettes, tobacco accessories, vapour, heated tobacco, and oral nicotine. The company sells its products under various brands, including JPS, Davidoff, Gauloises, West, Winston, Kool, Lambert & Butler, P&S, Fortuna, Nobel, News, Backwoods, Champion, Golden Virginia, FINE, Rizla, Blu, Pulze, Skruf, and Zone. In addition, it engages in the distribution of tobacco and NGP products for tobacco and NGP product manufacturers; and various non-tobacco and NGP products and services. Further, the company is involved in the management of a golf course; distribution of pharmaceuticals, POS software, and published materials and other products; printing and publishing activities; and provision of long haul transportation, industrial parcel and express delivery, pharmaceutical products logistics, advertising, payment, freight forwarding, and support management services, as well as owns the trademarks; and retails its products. Additionally, it engages in edition and distribution of books and non-periodical publication. Furthermore, the company is involved in research and development of e-vapour products. The company was formerly known as Imperial Tobacco Group PLC and changed its name to Imperial Brands PLC in February 2016. Imperial Brands PLC was founded in 1636 and is based in Bristol, the United Kingdom.
Stock analysis
Imperial Brands PLC (IMBBF) currently trades at $33.05, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is $70.63, implying the stock looks roughly 53.2% undervalued today.
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Valuation
Bull case: the Growth DCF group reads highest at a median of $68.63 per share, and 22 of the 24 models we run sit above the $33.05 price.
Bear case: the Economic Profit group reads lowest at $22.34, and 2 of the 24 models stay below the price. Evidence for this calculation is high.
Scenario range: $47.25 (bear) to $93.46 (bull), the price of $33.05 sits below it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 67/100 (solid quality), in the Consumer Defensive sector.
Weak Growth: Revenue is shrinking: the last year, the last three and the last five years are all negative.
Imperial Brands PLC reported revenue of £32.2B in FY2025 versus £32.8B in FY2021, a compound −0.5%/yr. Reported net income was £2.1B in FY2025, compounding −7.5%/yr from FY2021.
Key figures
Market cap $26.6B · P/E ratio 11.6 · P/S ratio 0.75 · EPS (TTM) $2.85 · Dividend yield 4.9% · Net margin 6.4% · Return on equity 37.2% · Return on assets (EBIT) 11.6%.
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 57 out of 100 (medium confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades about 28% below its 52-week high and 5% above its 52-week low, currently below its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Consumer Defensive peers we cover trades at 22% fair-value upside, at 114%, IMBBF screens cheaper than that median.
Fair Value models
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Of which business quality 61 · Market factors (momentum, volatility) 32
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