Whitbread (LON:WTB) Reaches New 1-Year Low – Should You Sell?

Whitbread plc (LON:WTB)’s stock price hit a new 52-week low on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as GBX 2,710 ($33.49) and last traded at GBX 2,713 ($33.53), with a volume of 1821983 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 2,811 ($34.74).

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have weighed in on the company. Shore Capital restated a “buy” rating on shares of Whitbread in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Berenberg Bank dropped their price objective on Whitbread from GBX 4,000 ($49.43) to GBX 3,900 ($48.20) and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 2,713.33 ($33.53).

Whitbread Trading Down 2.4 %

The stock has a market capitalization of £4.90 billion, a PE ratio of 1,715.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -3.09 and a beta of 1.11. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 2,894.90 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 2,960.29. The company has a current ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 1.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 144.72.

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.