Whitbread (LON:WTB – Get Free Report) had its price target raised by research analysts at Jefferies Financial Group from GBX 2,280 to GBX 2,400 in a report issued on Wednesday, Digital Look reports. The firm presently has a “hold” rating on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s target price would suggest a potential downside of 8.69% from the stock’s current price.
Several other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on WTB. Citigroup lifted their price objective on Whitbread from GBX 3,100 to GBX 3,300 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 21st. Berenberg Bank increased their target price on Whitbread from GBX 2,280 to GBX 2,400 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 2,938.12.
Check Out Our Latest Research Report on WTB
Whitbread Stock Down 0.7%
LON WTB opened at GBX 2,628.43 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 179.41. Whitbread has a 1-year low of GBX 2,098 and a 1-year high of GBX 3,175. The company has a 50 day moving average of GBX 2,429.50 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,413.96. The company has a market cap of £4.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.47, a PEG ratio of -3.09 and a beta of 0.65.
Whitbread (LON:WTB – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 13th. The company reported GBX 125.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Whitbread had a return on equity of 1.85% and a net margin of 1.96%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Whitbread will post 227.19 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Insider Buying and Selling at Whitbread
In other news, insider Shelley Roberts purchased 485 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 2,456 per share, with a total value of £11,911.60. Company insiders own 0.42% of the company’s stock.
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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