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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.
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.
Whitbread has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InterContinental Hotels Group has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
InterContinental Hotels Group has higher revenue and earnings than Whitbread. Whitbread is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InterContinental Hotels Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Whitbread pays an annual dividend of GBX 97 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. InterContinental Hotels Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 125 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Whitbread pays out 75.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. InterContinental Hotels Group pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Whitbread presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,280, indicating a potential downside of 25.25%. InterContinental Hotels Group has a consensus target price of GBX 6,359, indicating a potential downside of 27.94%. Given Whitbread's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Whitbread is more favorable than InterContinental Hotels Group.
In the previous week, InterContinental Hotels Group had 14 more articles in the media than Whitbread. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for InterContinental Hotels Group and 2 mentions for Whitbread. InterContinental Hotels Group's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Whitbread's score of 0.55 indicating that InterContinental Hotels Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
71.9% of Whitbread shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of InterContinental Hotels Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Whitbread shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of InterContinental Hotels Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
InterContinental Hotels Group beats Whitbread on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:WTB) was last updated on 8/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
