Whitbread

WTB · LSE · GBp

2,440.00 GBpChange from previous close: +2.18%Absolute change: +52.00 GBp

Close · October 2, 2026

Valuation

Data as of October 4, 2026

Valuation multiples

Market cap
£4B
Enterprise value
£9.23B
P/E (trailing 12 months)
19.5
Forward P/E
12.4
PEG
3.85
Price/book
127.6
Price/sales
1.37
EV/EBITDA
11.4
EV/revenue
3.16

Profitability and growth

Gross margin
44.4%
Operating margin
17.3%
Net margin
7.3%
ROE
6.6%
ROA
4.0%
ROIC
5.4%
Revenue growth (year over year)
2.0%

Financial health

Total cash
£233.7M
Total debt
£5.47B
Debt/equity
1.74
Current ratio
0.56
Quick ratio
0.35
Altman Z-Score
1.54
Piotroski F-Score
5.00

Dividends

Annual dividend per share
0.97 GBp
Dividend yield
4.1%
Payout ratio
79.3%
Ex-dividend date
May 21, 2026

Analysts and estimates

Average price target
2,700.83 GBp
Median price target
2,600.00 GBp
High price target
3,700.00 GBp
Low price target
2,200.00 GBp
Analysts with a price target
18
Consensus
Buy
Forward EPS
1.93 GBp
EPS estimate, current year
1.76 GBp

Shares and trading

Beta
0.65
Average volume
584.17K
Shares outstanding
167.14M
Float
150.77M
Institutional ownership
70.4%
Insider ownership
2.7%