Whitbread (LON:WTB) Insider Christine Mary Hodgson Buys 7,750 Shares

Whitbread plc (LON:WTB) insider Christine Mary Hodgson acquired 7,750 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 16th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 2,706 per share, with a total value of £209,715.

Whitbread Stock Performance

LON:WTB opened at GBX 2,722.58 on Wednesday. Whitbread plc has a 52-week low of GBX 2,253 and a 52-week high of GBX 3,302. The business’s fifty day moving average is GBX 2,633.36 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 2,868.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 33.18, a quick ratio of 1.74 and a current ratio of 0.96. The firm has a market cap of £4.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.03, a PEG ratio of -3.09 and a beta of 1.11.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have recently commented on the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered Whitbread to a “hold” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from GBX 3,375 to GBX 2,815 in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of Whitbread from GBX 2,450 to GBX 2,550 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 29th. Panmure Gordon restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 3,700 price objective on shares of Whitbread in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. Berenberg Bank cut shares of Whitbread to a “hold” rating and set a GBX 2,900 price objective for the company. in a research note on Monday, January 19th. Finally, Citigroup lifted their target price 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. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 3,127.50.

Whitbread Company Profile

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.