Key Points
- Christine Mary Hodgson bought 7,750 Whitbread shares at GBX 2,706 each on February 16, a transaction totaling £209,715.
- Analysts are mixed but overall positive: four Buy and three Hold ratings yield a consensus of "Moderate Buy" with a consensus target price of GBX 3,127.50.
- Whitbread trades with a market cap of £4.57 billion and a P/E of 19.03, a one‑year range of GBX 2,253–3,302, and sits near its 50‑day MA (GBX 2,633) versus its 200‑day MA (GBX 2,869).
Whitbread plc (LON:WTB - Get Free Report) insider Christine Mary Hodgson bought 7,750 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, February 16th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 2,706 per share, for a total transaction of £209,715.
Whitbread Price Performance
LON WTB opened at GBX 2,722.58 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 2,633.36 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 2,868.78. Whitbread plc has a one year low of GBX 2,253 and a one year high of GBX 3,302. The company has a market capitalization of £4.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.03, a PEG ratio of -3.09 and a beta of 1.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 33.18, a quick ratio of 1.74 and a current ratio of 0.96.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
WTB has been the subject of several research reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered shares of Whitbread to a "hold" rating and reduced their price target for the company from GBX 3,375 to GBX 2,815 in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of Whitbread from GBX 2,450 to GBX 2,550 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Panmure Gordon restated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 3,700 target price on shares of Whitbread in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. Berenberg Bank lowered Whitbread to a "hold" rating and set a GBX 2,900 price target on the stock. in a report on Monday, January 19th. Finally, Citigroup upped their target price on Whitbread from GBX 3,100 to GBX 3,300 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 3,127.50.
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Whitbread Company Profile
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Whitbread is the owner of Premier Inn, the UK's biggest
hotel brand, with 86,000 rooms in over 850 hotels
and a growing presence in Germany with 10,500 rooms in
59 hotels, offering quality accommodation at affordable
prices in great locations.
People are at the heart of our business. We employ over
38,000 team members in over 900 Premier Inn hotels
across the UK and Germany.
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