Whitbread (WTBCF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Whitbread plc is a hospitality company headquartered in the United Kingdom. Its principal business is operating hotels and restaurants, with Premier Inn as its core brand. Premier Inn provides accommodation across the United Kingdom and has expanded into Germany, serving business and leisure travelers through a network of budget and midscale hotels.

Whitbread also operates several restaurant brands in the United Kingdom, including Beefeater, Brewers Fayre and Table Table. These businesses provide casual dining and are often located alongside or near Premier Inn hotels, offering meals and refreshments to hotel guests and other customers.

The company traces its origins to 1742, when Samuel Whitbread established a brewery in London. Whitbread later developed into a diversified leisure and hospitality group. It sold its Costa Coffee business to The Coca-Cola Company in 2019 and has since focused primarily on its hotel and restaurant operations.

Whitbread’s activities are concentrated mainly in the United Kingdom, with Germany representing its principal international growth market through the Premier Inn brand. Dominic Paul has served as the company’s chief executive officer since 2023.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $37.15 to $37.15
• 50-Day Range: $32.03 to $37.15
• 52-Week Range: $31.04 to $37.15
• Volume: 567 shs
• Average Volume: 345 shs
• Market Capitalization: N/A
• P/E Ratio: 19.83
• Dividend Yield: 1.85%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

Whitbread Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Whitbread scored higher than 18% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: N/A
• Analyst Rating: N/A

Consensus Rating

There is not enough analysis data for Whitbread.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Whitbread is 19.83, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.27.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Whitbread is 19.83, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 25.63.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Whitbread has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Whitbread has recently increased by 12.13%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Whitbread pays a meaningful dividend of 1.58%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Whitbread does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Whitbread is 36.73%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.12

News Sentiment

Whitbread has a news sentiment score of -0.12. 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 0.50 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Whitbread this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

38.36% of the stock of Whitbread is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:WTBCF
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.whitbread.co.uk
• Phone: 441582424200
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 31,615
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 19.83
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• 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: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: N/A
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: N/A
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: N/A