Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (NYSE: IHG), commonly known as IHG Hotels & Resorts, is a global hospitality company that operates, manages, franchises and licenses hotels and resorts. Its portfolio serves a broad range of travelers, from luxury and lifestyle guests to business and value-oriented customers.

IHG’s brand family includes InterContinental, Regent Hotels & Resorts, Six Senses, Kimpton, Vignette Collection, Crowne Plaza, voco, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites, Candlewood Suites, avid hotels, Atwell Suites and Garner Hotel. The company also operates the IHG One Rewards loyalty program, which provides members with benefits across participating properties.

IHG’s history includes the development of the Holiday Inn brand and the 2003 demerger of the hotel business from Six Continents PLC. Today, the company serves guests through a global network of hotels in more than 100 countries and territories, with much of its business conducted through franchise and management agreements. IHG’s corporate headquarters are in Windsor, England, and Elie Maalouf has served as chief executive officer since July 2023.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $159.15 to $161.09
• 50-Day Range: $152.86 to $164.62
• 52-Week Range: $118.47 to $175.89
• Volume: 194,604 shs
• Average Volume: 154,246 shs
• Market Capitalization: $23.66 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 0.78%
• Price Target: $179.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Intercontinental Hotels Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Intercontinental Hotels Group scored higher than 66% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 252nd out of 487 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Intercontinental Hotels Group has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.83, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 3 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Intercontinental Hotels Group has a consensus price target of $179.00, representing about 11.3% upside from its current price of $160.77.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Intercontinental Hotels Group has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 15.60%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Intercontinental Hotels Group are expected to grow by 15.60% in the coming year, from $5.96 to $6.89 per share.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Intercontinental Hotels Group has a PEG Ratio of 1.77. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.20% of the float of Intercontinental Hotels Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Intercontinental Hotels Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.98, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Intercontinental Hotels Group has recently decreased by 22.33%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Intercontinental Hotels Group has a dividend yield of 0.78%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Intercontinental Hotels Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Intercontinental Hotels Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.14% next year. This indicates that Intercontinental Hotels Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.35

News Sentiment

Intercontinental Hotels Group has a news sentiment score of 0.35. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.55 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Intercontinental Hotels Group this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

31 people have searched for IHG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 48% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Intercontinental Hotels Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

15.09% of the stock of Intercontinental Hotels Group is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 10/1 Dividend: 8/21/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/1 Dividend: 8/21/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/01/2026
• Today: 10/13/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
• Sub-Industry: Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines
• Current Symbol: NYSE:IHG
• CIK: 858446
• Web: www.ihgplc.com
• Phone: 441753972000
• Fax: 44-18-9551-2101
• Employees: 13,049
• Year Founded: 2003

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Intercontinental Hotels Group: $179.00
• High Price Target: $195.00
• Low Price Target: $154.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +11.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.83
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 26.97
• P/E Growth: 1.77
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.66
• Quick Ratio: 0.66

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $5.19 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.56
• Cash Flow: $6.10 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 26.35
• Book Value: ($18.04) per share
• Price / Book: -8.91

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 147,160,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $23.66 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.16