Whitbread (WTBDY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Whitbread plc is a UK-based hospitality company primarily engaged in hotel and restaurant operations. Its flagship brand, Premier Inn, is one of the largest budget hotel chains in the United Kingdom, offering standardized accommodation across city centre and suburban locations. In addition to hotels, Whitbread operates a portfolio of food and beverage outlets, including family-oriented restaurants and pubs that cater to both leisure and business travellers.

The company’s hotel portfolio comprises hundreds of properties in the UK, alongside an established presence in Germany and select international markets under the Premier Inn banner. Whitbread’s restaurant division features several brands, such as Beefeater and Brewers Fayre, which offer casual dining experiences focused on British cuisine. The company leverages centralized booking systems and loyalty programmes to drive occupancy and customer retention across its hospitality network.

Founded in 1742 as a brewing business, Whitbread transitioned into the hospitality sector in the early 2000s, divesting its brewing assets to concentrate on hotels and restaurants. Headquartered in Dunstable, England, the company is managed by an experienced executive team and board of directors. Whitbread continues to invest in its core brands, expanding its hotel pipeline and refurbishing existing sites to meet evolving customer expectations in the budget and midscale segments.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $7.86 to $8.05
• 50-Day Range: $7.42 to $8.59
• 52-Week Range: $7.42 to $11.06
• Volume: 86,139 shs
• Average Volume: 18,926 shs
• Market Capitalization: $5.27 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 5.22%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Whitbread Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Whitbread scored higher than 24% 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: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Whitbread has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 2 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Whitbread has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -12.12%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Whitbread are expected to decrease by -12.12% in the coming year, from $0.66 to $0.58 per share.

Short Interest

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of Whitbread has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Whitbread has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.14, 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 210.06%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Whitbread is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.19%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Whitbread will have a dividend payout ratio of 70.69% next year. This indicates that Whitbread will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.01

News Sentiment

Whitbread has a news sentiment score of -0.01. 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 0.48 average news sentiment score of Consumer Cyclical companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Whitbread this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• 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

Whitbread has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Today: 5/30/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 2/28/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Lodging
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:WTBDY
• Previous Symbol: OTCMKTS:WTBDY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.whitbread.co.uk
• Phone: 441582424200
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 36,700
• Year Founded: 1742

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• 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: 670,970,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $5.27 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: N/A