Whitbread plc (LON:WTB) Given Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

Whitbread plc (LON:WTB) has received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seven analysts that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 3,194.17.

A number of research analysts have commented on WTB shares. Shore Capital restated a “buy” rating on shares of Whitbread in a research note on Thursday, October 16th. Peel Hunt reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 3,500 price objective on shares of Whitbread in a research note on Thursday, October 16th. Panmure Gordon restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 3,700 target price on shares of Whitbread in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Berenberg Bank lowered their price target on shares of Whitbread from GBX 3,500 to GBX 2,900 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, December 4th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered shares of Whitbread to a “hold” rating and cut their price objective for the stock from GBX 3,375 to GBX 2,815 in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd.

Whitbread Trading Down 0.2%

LON WTB opened at GBX 2,550 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of £4.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.82, 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. Whitbread has a one year low of GBX 2,253 and a one year high of GBX 3,302. The company’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 2,723.81 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 2,946.91.

Whitbread (LON:WTB) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, October 16th. The company reported GBX 133.70 EPS for the quarter. Whitbread had a net margin of 8.08% and a return on equity of 6.83%. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Whitbread will post 227.1851852 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Whitbread

In related news, insider Richard Gillingwater purchased 500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 21st. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 2,974 per share, with a total value of £14,870. Also, insider Christine Mary Hodgson acquired 10,000 shares of Whitbread stock in a transaction on Friday, October 17th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 2,880 per share, for a total transaction of £288,000. 0.39% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Whitbread Company Profile

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.