Whitbread plc (LON:WTB) Stock Rated “Moderate Buy” by Wall Street Brokerages

Whitbread plc (LON:WTB) has been given a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” by the eight analysts that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and four have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 2,925.62.

WTB has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price target on Whitbread from GBX 2,530 to GBX 2,730 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 29th. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 2,250 price objective on shares of Whitbread in a research note on Thursday, October 29th. Citigroup boosted their target price on Whitbread from GBX 3,100 to GBX 3,300 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 21st. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 2,250 target price on shares of Whitbread in a report on Thursday, October 29th.

Whitbread Trading Up 0.3%

LON:WTB opened at GBX 2,770 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 2,503.04 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 2,472.15. The stock has a market capitalization of £4.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 76.31, a PEG ratio of -3.09 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 179.41, a quick ratio of 1.74 and a current ratio of 0.33. Whitbread has a 1 year low of GBX 2,098 and a 1 year high of GBX 2,909.

Whitbread (LON:WTB) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October 13th. The company reported GBX 125.10 earnings per share for the quarter. Whitbread had a net margin of 1.96% and a return on equity of 1.85%. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Whitbread will post 227.19 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.