Whitbread plc (LON:WTB – Get Free Report) insider Christine Mary Hodgson purchased 7,750 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 16th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 2,706 per share, with a total value of £209,715.
Whitbread Price Performance
Shares of WTB opened at GBX 2,737 on Friday. The company has a market cap of £4.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.13, a PEG ratio of -3.09 and a beta of 1.11. The company has a current ratio of 0.96, a quick ratio of 1.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 33.18. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 2,648.48 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 2,867.09. Whitbread plc has a 1-year low of GBX 2,253 and a 1-year high of GBX 3,302.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Citigroup raised their price target on shares of Whitbread from GBX 3,100 to GBX 3,300 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut Whitbread to a “hold” rating and cut their target price for the stock from GBX 3,375 to GBX 2,815 in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Whitbread from GBX 2,450 to GBX 2,550 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, January 29th. Panmure Gordon reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 3,700 target price on shares of Whitbread in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Finally, Berenberg Bank lowered shares of Whitbread to a “hold” rating and set a GBX 2,900 price target on the stock. in a report on Monday, January 19th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Whitbread presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 3,127.50.
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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