Whitbread plc (LON:WTB – Get Free Report) insider Shelley Roberts bought 485 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 11th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 2,456 per share, with a total value of £11,911.60.
Whitbread Stock Performance
Shares of WTB stock opened at GBX 2,472 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of £4.13 billion, a PE ratio of 20.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -3.09 and a beta of 0.65. The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 2,416.29 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,461.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 174.28, a current ratio of 0.44 and a quick ratio of 1.74. Whitbread plc has a one year low of GBX 2,098 and a one year high of GBX 3,302.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several equities research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Citigroup cut their target price on shares of Whitbread from £330 to £310 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, June 19th. Berenberg Bank reissued a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 2,280 price target on shares of Whitbread in a report on Monday, June 22nd. UBS Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 2,975 price objective on shares of Whitbread in a research report on Friday, June 12th. Shore Capital Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 3,700 target price on shares of Whitbread in a report on Thursday, June 18th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price target on Whitbread from GBX 2,815 to GBX 2,530 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Whitbread currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 6,523.12.
About Whitbread
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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