Stock Research: Whitbread

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Whitbread

LSE:WTB GB00B1KJJ408
62
  • Value
    78
  • Growth
    73
  • Safety
    Safety
    18
  • Combined
    69
  • Sentiment
    49
  • 360° View
    360° View
    62
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Company Description

Whitbread PLC is a UK-based hospitality company operating hotels and restaurants. Its main businesses include hotel brands like Premier Inn, hub by Premier Inn, and ZIP by Premier Inn, and food and beverage brands such as Beefeater and Brewers Fayre. It operates in the United Kingdom and internationally, including Germany. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $7069 million, profits of $3396 million, revenue of $3681 million, and 34700 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 62 (better than 62% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Whitbread are above average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half of the metrics below and half above average for Whitbread. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 78, which means that the share price of Whitbread is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 78% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 73, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. But the professional market sentiment is below average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 49. Professional investors are more confident in 51% other stocks. Worryingly, the company has risky financing, with a Safety rank of 18. This means 82% of comparable companies have a safer financing structure than Whitbread. ...read more

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
78 69 48 38
Growth
73 15 25 17
Safety
Safety
18 36 64 54
Sentiment
49 43 66 55
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62 26 45 24
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
20 48 40 48
Opinions Change
50 28 63 96
Pro Holdings
n/a 47 92 26
Market Pulse
34 72 31 42
Sentiment
49 43 66 55
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
78 69 48 38
Growth
73 15 25 17
Safety Safety
18 36 64 54
Combined
69 26 34 12
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
59 25 23 22
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
58 59 43 22
Price vs. Book (P/B)
63 67 62 74
Dividend Yield
93 80 70 67
Value
78 69 48 38
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
28 11 28 65
Profit Growth
91 24 56 54
Capital Growth
75 60 14 8
Stock Returns
52 23 75 27
Growth
73 15 25 17
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
13 23 48 47
Refinancing
19 37 70 77
Liquidity
32 60 57 26
Safety Safety
18 36 64 54

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This is a mixed bag with good value and high growth balanced by risky financing and negative sentiment. This is a risky stock that requires conviction; you should only consider it if you are willing to conduct further research into the underlying sentiment and financial risks.

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