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GBX 3,155 -8.00 (-0.25%)
As of 09/19/2025 11:54 AM Eastern

WTB vs. IHG, MLC, DAL, PPH, EZH, SSTY, PHO, BARK, AHCG, and NXT

Should you be buying Whitbread stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Whitbread include InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc (MLC), Dalata Hotel Group (DAL), PPHE Hotel Group (PPH), Easyhotel (EZH), Safestay (SSTY), Peel Hotels (PHO), Barkby Group (BARK), Action Hotels (AHCG), and NEXT (NXT).

Whitbread vs. Its Competitors

Whitbread (LON:WTB) and InterContinental Hotels Group (LON:IHG) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Whitbread has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InterContinental Hotels Group has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

55.1% of Whitbread shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.4% of InterContinental Hotels Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Whitbread shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of InterContinental Hotels Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

InterContinental Hotels Group has higher revenue and earnings than Whitbread. InterContinental Hotels Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Whitbread, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Whitbread£2.92B1.87£234.46M£1.412,243.95
InterContinental Hotels Group£5.12B2.61£775.45M£4.721,858.93

In the previous week, InterContinental Hotels Group had 4 more articles in the media than Whitbread. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for InterContinental Hotels Group and 1 mentions for Whitbread. Whitbread's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat InterContinental Hotels Group's score of 0.28 indicating that Whitbread is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Whitbread
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
InterContinental Hotels Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Whitbread pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. InterContinental Hotels Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Whitbread pays out 70.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. InterContinental Hotels Group pays out 34.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

InterContinental Hotels Group has a net margin of 14.94% compared to Whitbread's net margin of 8.08%. Whitbread's return on equity of 6.83% beat InterContinental Hotels Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Whitbread8.08% 6.83% 4.28%
InterContinental Hotels Group 14.94%-30.72%14.12%

Whitbread presently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,650, indicating a potential upside of 15.69%. InterContinental Hotels Group has a consensus price target of GBX 6,136.25, indicating a potential downside of 30.08%. Given Whitbread's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Whitbread is more favorable than InterContinental Hotels Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Whitbread
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
InterContinental Hotels Group
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

Summary

Whitbread and InterContinental Hotels Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WTB vs. The Competition

MetricWhitbreadLodging IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£5.45B£3.53B£3.86B£2.57B
Dividend Yield3.09%3.45%3.53%5.31%
P/E Ratio2,243.95511.47529.915,389.17
Price / Sales1.87118.77250.6697,580.70
Price / Cash4.579.5531.1627.93
Price / Book1.651.083.619.20
Net Income£234.46M£258.53M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.61%-0.45%-0.15%0.44%
1 Month Performance-1.50%-3.40%-0.10%2.59%
1 Year Performance0.29%13.12%36.94%198.62%

Whitbread Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WTB
Whitbread
1.5625 of 5 stars
GBX 3,155
-0.3%
GBX 3,650
+15.7%
+0.3%£5.45B£2.92B2,243.9539,000
IHG
InterContinental Hotels Group
0.4457 of 5 stars
GBX 8,724
-0.6%
GBX 6,136.25
-29.7%
+9.4%£13.29B£5.12B1,847.9111,200
MLC
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.23B£992M60.8011,504
DAL
Dalata Hotel Group
0.6639 of 5 stars
GBX 545
-1.0%
GBX 480
-11.9%
+56.3%£1.15B£607.70M1,365.9195,000
PPH
PPHE Hotel Group
1.0213 of 5 stars
GBX 1,354
-1.0%
GBX 1,400
+3.4%
+5.3%£566.60M£451.71M2,654.904,700High Trading Volume
EZH
Easyhotel
N/AN/AN/AN/A£119.73M£17.56M-29.2390Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SSTY
Safestay
N/AGBX 22.50
flat
N/A-15.1%£14.61M£22.50M-1,607.14226Gap Down
PHO
Peel Hotels
N/AN/AN/AN/A£7.01M£15.59M33.33426High Trading Volume
BARK
Barkby Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.17MN/A-60.002,021Gap Up
AHCG
Action Hotels
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/A
NXT
NEXT
1.8756 of 5 stars
£121.05
+0.3%
£129
+6.6%
+19.0%£14.09B£6.12B1,999.1731,947Trending News
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This page (LON:WTB) was last updated on 9/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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