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WTB Whitbread Plc

3,217.00
5.00 (0.16%)
18 Mar 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Whitbread Plc LSE:WTB London Ordinary Share GB00B1KJJ408 ORD 76 122/153P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  5.00 0.16% 3,217.00 345,662 16:35:15
Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price
3,209.00 3,210.00 3,239.00 3,200.00 3,216.00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Hotels And Motels 2.64B 278.8M 1.2992 24.71 6.89B
Last Trade Time Trade Type Trade Size Trade Price Currency
18:45:02 O 10 3,215.678 GBX

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Whitbread Forums and Chat

Date Time Title Posts
18/3/202418:46WHITBREAD - chairman buys @1217p/shr2,368
10/11/202220:5206-11-01 Whitbread stake building???28
15/12/202008:17WTB - please ignore mucking around-
22/6/202014:58Whitbread rights application delayed in post1
22/6/202014:52Mr1

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Whitbread (WTB) Most Recent Trades

Trade Time Trade Price Trade Size Trade Value Trade Type
2024-03-18 18:45:043,215.6810321.57O
2024-03-18 18:45:033,211.161825,844.31O
2024-03-18 18:45:033,217.274,429142,492.93O
2024-03-18 18:06:073,210.221123,595.45O
2024-03-18 18:04:573,221.612,78489,689.57O

Whitbread (WTB) Top Chat Posts

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Posted at 18/3/2024 08:20 by Whitbread Daily Update
Whitbread Plc is listed in the Hotels And Motels sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker WTB. The last closing price for Whitbread was 3,212p.
Whitbread currently has 214,600,000 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of Whitbread is £6,888,660,000.
Whitbread has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of 24.71.
This morning WTB shares opened at 3,216p
Posted at 13/3/2024 07:44 by waldron
fwiw

Take from it what you will

Summary

The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.

The company's Refinitiv ESG score, based on a ranking of the company relative to its industry, comes out particularly well.

Strengths

The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.

Over the last twelve months, the sales forecast has been frequently revised upwards.

For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.

Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.

The difference between current prices and the average target price is rather important and implies a significant appreciation potential for the stock.

Weaknesses

The company is in a hindered financial situation with significant debt and rather low EBITDA levels.

With an enterprise value anticipated at 3.44 times the sales for the current fiscal year, the company turns out to be overvalued.

The price targets of various analysts who make up the consensus differ significantly. This reflects different assessments and/or a difficulty in valuing the company.
Posted at 13/3/2024 07:38 by waldron
Analysts' Consensus

Mean consensus
BUY

Number of Analysts
20

Last Close Price
33.02 GBP

Average target price
40.44 GBP
Spread / Average Target
+22.49%

High Price Target
49 GBP
Spread / Highest target
+48.39%

Low Price Target
17 GBP
Spread / Lowest Target
-48.52%
Posted at 04/3/2024 16:34 by bountyhunter
More buybacks on Friday 1st March reported today:

Date of purchase:

1 March 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

129,602

Highest price paid per share:

3,339.0000

Lowest price paid per share:

3,261.0000

Volume weighted average price paid per share:

3,295.5082





Whitbread intends to cancel the purchased shares.

Since 18 October 2023, Whitbread has purchased 8,914,459 shares at a cost (excluding dealing and associated costs) of £299,881,276.39 .

Quite significant with the market cap being ~6bn.
Posted at 29/2/2024 11:02 by jam62
It seems that there is an industry survey out this morning called STR weekly market data indicating a decline in RevPAR.

Also, an Irish hotels group called Dalata has reported figures this morning and the share price has declined by 6%.

Looks like some extrapolation has been applied and assumptions made. I think probably very tenuous.
Posted at 20/2/2024 13:24 by bountyhunter
That bodes well for WTB and is probably why the price has picked up today.
Posted at 05/2/2024 19:38 by philanderer
Premier Inn owner Whitbread is a winning stock for recession - broker


Premier Inn owner Whitbread PLC (LSE:WTB) can be a “recession winner” according to analysts at Jefferies which has a ‘Buy’ rating for the hospitality stock.

The broker, in a note, highlighted Whitbread’s strategic focus on expansion and optimisation, with an eye on enhancing returns and deepening its economic ‘moat’, particularly in the UK and Germany.

"Whitbread is a recession winner with its budget price point, industry-leading price sophistication, beneficial supply conditions, and £750m of cash firepower,” Jefferies analyst team said.

"The company has a clear roadmap for further ROCE-accretive growth in the UK."

Helped by the brand power behind Premier Inn, the hotel operator benefits from cheaper customer acquisition compared to rivals – which rely heavily on third-party websites for bookings.

With 99% of Premier Inn website traffic coming directly, Whitbread benefits from lower customer acquisition costs and valuable customer data, Jefferies noted.

The broker highlighted that this approach not only supports its position in the UK but is also being adapted to suit the German market, where Whitbread aims to become the leading brand.

In terms of valuation, Jefferies points out that Whitbread's shares trade at a multiple of at 9.5 times the anticipated 2024 enterprise value to earnings (EV/EBITDA), compared to a pre-COVID average of 10.2x.

Jefferies Buy rating pitches a price target of £44.00, suggesting around 25% upside compared to its current trading price of around £35.23.


proactiveinvestors.co.uk
Posted at 12/1/2024 12:03 by philanderer
Shore Capital: Shares not showing Whitbread’s growth potential


Whitbread (WTB) has a long runway of growth in front of it but this is not being reflected in the valuation, says Shore Capital.

Analyst Greg Johnson retained his ‘buy’ recommendation on the owner of the Premier Inn hotel chain, which is AAA-rated by Citywire Elite Companies. The shares were trading at £36.26.

It reported an 11% like-for-like sales increase in the 13 weeks to 30 November versus the same period last year on the back of strong demand and occupancy pricing.

Johnson said the shares are valued on a full-year 2024 price/earnings ratio of 15x and has a free cashflow yield of 9% but ‘such metrics appear too low given the attractive return on investment, an asset-rich, low-debt balance sheet, and its leading position in the UK hotel market’.

‘We see the key catalyst in the coming periods being the move into profitability in Germany and demonstrating it can generate comparable returns to the UK,’ he said.

‘If so, we see a significant runway for growth over the longer-term – ultimately for Ebitda to potentially double – which is yet to be reflected in the valuation.’


citywire.com
Posted at 03/11/2023 13:36 by philanderer
Afternoon EI.

Can't find any news today.

This from monday, which I missed, as I was actually staying in Hereford over the weekend in a Premier Inn :-)


"JPMorgan downgrades IHG, keeps Whitbread as top hotels pick"

31 Oct, 2023 09:35

JPMorgan says Premier Inn owner Whitbread remains its top pick in the European hotels sector, as it downgraded its stance on IHG from 'neutral' to 'underweight'.

With earnings season now behind us for European Hotels, JPMorgan has refreshed its forecasts for stocks in its coverage, keeping Whitbread as its "conviction 'overweight'", seeing around 40% upside potential to current prices with a price target of 4,600p.

"We continue to see WTB as best positioned – defensive offering (value/domestic), upside risk to estimates, F&B potential review, Germany optionality," the bank said.

"Whilst concerns around weakening demand trends remain on top of investors' minds, as reflected in recent share price weakness at Whitbread and Accor (both down >10% in the last six weeks), also exacerbated by potential demand pressure in the Middle-East, we have been surprised by the outperformance of IHG, and now see the risk-reward as highly unappealing."


Sharecast.com
Posted at 09/8/2023 10:10 by oggyrocks
Phil - how do you apply for card ? ( I’m with Barclays ). Sorry if this is a repeat questions.

V happy with wtb share price. Bought about 12 months ago in height of truss panic. Invested as premier inn is my preferred choice when using reasonable price hotels. (So much better than travel lodge etc).
Posted at 16/5/2021 10:57 by bountyhunter
Thanks for posting that link dd.

Clickable:

From the above..
"With restaurants set to re-open from Monday, we asked our Twitter followers to nominate a listed food chain as stock of the week. They’ve chosen the first item on the menu, Whitbread (WTB), which owns the likes of Beefeater and Brewer’s Fayre restaurants. After the latest winter lockdown, England has been slowly re-opening in recent months, with pub and restaurant goers able to eat and drink outside from April 12 but only do so inside from May 17."

Also there is the Staycation factor seen to be a plus for the Premier Inn hotel chain.

We could see a rise in the WTB share price tomorrow as long as vaccinations continue to appear to be effective against the Indian Covid variant.
Whitbread share price data is direct from the London Stock Exchange

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