Key Points
- Whitbread insider buying: Insider Shelley Roberts purchased 1,290 shares on May 8 for a total of £29,786.10, paying GBX 2,309 per share.
- Analyst sentiment remains mixed but constructive: The stock currently has a Moderate Buy consensus, with four Buy ratings and three Hold ratings. The average price target is GBX 3,071.67, though several banks recently trimmed targets.
- Operational snapshot: Whitbread, owner of Premier Inn, reported quarterly EPS of GBX 123.30 and revenue of GBX 292.02 billion. The company operates across the UK and Germany with more than 86,000 rooms.
Whitbread plc (LON:WTB - Get Free Report) insider Shelley Roberts acquired 1,290 shares of Whitbread stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 2,309 per share, for a total transaction of £29,786.10.
Whitbread Stock Performance
Whitbread stock opened at GBX 2,410 on Friday. The stock's 50 day moving average price is GBX 2,417.32 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 2,600.22. The firm has a market capitalization of £4.02 billion, a PE ratio of 19.69, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -3.09 and a beta of 0.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 174.28, a quick ratio of 1.74 and a current ratio of 0.44. Whitbread plc has a one year low of GBX 2,098 and a one year high of GBX 3,302.
Whitbread (LON:WTB - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The company reported GBX 123.30 EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of GBX 292.02 billion for the quarter. Whitbread had a return on equity of 6.73% and a net margin of 7.29%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Whitbread plc will post 227.1851852 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
WTB has been the topic of several recent research reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price target on Whitbread from GBX 2,815 to GBX 2,530 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on Whitbread from GBX 2,550 to GBX 2,500 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, March 30th. 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 report on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, Berenberg Bank lowered Whitbread to a "hold" rating and set a GBX 2,900 target price on the stock. in a research report on Monday, January 19th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of GBX 3,071.67.
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About Whitbread
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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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