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 develops, manages, franchises and licenses hotels and resorts. Its portfolio spans luxury, upscale, midscale and extended-stay segments, serving business and leisure travelers in markets around the world.

IHG’s brand portfolio includes InterContinental, Regent, Six Senses, Vignette Collection, Kimpton, Hotel Indigo, voco, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Garner, avid hotels, Candlewood Suites and Staybridge Suites. The company also operates IHG One Rewards, a loyalty program that supports customer engagement across its participating brands.

The company traces its roots to the Bass brewing and hospitality business and became an independent hotel company in 2003 after the demerger of Six Continents PLC. IHG is headquartered in Windsor, England, and its hotels serve guests across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region. Elie Maalouf has served as the company’s chief executive officer since July 2023.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $153.81 to $154.97
• 50-Day Range: $152.86 to $166.94
• 52-Week Range: $117.29 to $175.89
• Volume: 137,316 shs
• Average Volume: 185,512 shs
• Market Capitalization: $22.81 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 0.81%
• Price Target: $179.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Intercontinental Hotels Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Intercontinental Hotels Group scored higher than 74% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 225th out of 486 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: 3.5 / 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 2.75, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 4 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Intercontinental Hotels Group has a consensus price target of $179.00, representing about 16.3% upside from its current price of $153.93.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Intercontinental Hotels Group has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 15.63%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Intercontinental Hotels Group are expected to grow by 15.63% in the coming year, from $5.95 to $6.88 per share.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Intercontinental Hotels Group has a PEG Ratio of 1.72. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.26% 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 1.94, 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 increased by 33.76%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Intercontinental Hotels Group has a dividend yield of 0.81%, 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 18.17% next year. This indicates that Intercontinental Hotels Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.94

News Sentiment

Intercontinental Hotels Group has a news sentiment score of 0.94. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.70 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Intercontinental Hotels Group this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

22 people have searched for IHG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 57% 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
• Today: 9/13/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/01/2026
• 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: +16.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 25.87
• P/E Growth: 1.72
• 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: 4.40
• Cash Flow: $6.07 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 25.36
• Book Value: ($18.04) per share
• Price / Book: -8.53

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 148,200,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $22.81 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.13