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

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

Whitbread Trading Up 0.7%

LON:WTB opened at GBX 2,757 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of £4.63 billion, a PE ratio of 19.27, a PEG ratio of -3.09 and a beta of 1.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 33.18, a current ratio of 0.96 and a quick ratio of 1.74. Whitbread plc has a one year low of GBX 2,253 and a one year high of GBX 3,302. The firm has a 50-day moving average of GBX 2,641.80 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,868.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on WTB shares. Panmure Gordon reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 3,700 price objective on shares of Whitbread in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of Whitbread from GBX 2,450 to GBX 2,550 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 29th. Citigroup lifted their target price on shares of Whitbread from GBX 3,100 to GBX 3,300 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Berenberg Bank cut shares of Whitbread to a “hold” rating and set a GBX 2,900 target price for the company. in a report on Monday, January 19th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft downgraded shares of Whitbread to a “hold” rating and cut their target price for the stock from GBX 3,375 to GBX 2,815 in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Four 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 a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price 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.