Whitbread plc (LON:WTB) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

Posted by Stanley Muller on Jun 13th, 2026

Whitbread plc (LON:WTB – Get Free Report) has earned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seven ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 2,968.33.

Several analysts have recently commented on WTB shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their target price on Whitbread from GBX 2,815 to GBX 2,530 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Berenberg Bank decreased their target price on Whitbread from GBX 2,900 to GBX 2,280 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on Whitbread from GBX 2,550 to GBX 2,500 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 30th.

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Whitbread Stock Performance

Shares of Whitbread stock opened at GBX 2,392.29 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of £4.00 billion, a PE ratio of 19.54, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -3.09 and a beta of 0.65. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 2,386.14 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 2,501.82. The company has a quick ratio of 1.74, a current ratio of 0.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 174.28. Whitbread has a 12 month low of GBX 2,098 and a 12 month high of GBX 3,302.

Whitbread (LON:WTB – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The company reported GBX 123.30 EPS for the quarter. The business had revenue of GBX 292.02 billion during the quarter. Whitbread had a return on equity of 6.73% and a net margin of 7.29%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Whitbread will post 227.1851852 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Whitbread

In other Whitbread news, insider Shelley Roberts bought 1,290 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 2,309 per share, with a total value of £29,786.10. 0.42% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Whitbread Company Profile

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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.