StockDecks
WTB.L

Whitbread plc

Consumer Cyclical · Lodging

-43
Fundamental Score
An equal-weight average of the four ratings below, on a −100 to +100 scale. Whitbread plc sits in the lower part of our range.

The four fundamentals ratings

Each rating is built from the measures listed beneath it. Values are the latest reported figures; the rating beside each one is how that measure scores on our −100 to +100 scale.

Financial Health-64

Debt levels, liquidity and how solid the balance sheet looks.

Debt to equity1.79 ×-93
Current ratio0.58 ×-76
Quick ratio0.33 ×-85
FCF / Total debt-0.04 ×-92
Buybacks vs new sharesBought back 257M GBP of its own shares last year+25
Profitability+9

Margins, and the returns being earned on the capital employed.

Gross margin44.4 %+65
Operating margin24.1 %+92
Net margin2 %-73
Return on equity1.8 %-73
Gross profit / assets21.1 %0
Asset turnover0.31 ×—
Profit vs cash flow213M GBP profit, generated 753M GBP cash — profits fully cash-backed+41
Growth-74

The direction and pace of revenue and earnings.

Revenue growth (YoY)2 %-26
Earnings growth (YoY)-70.2 %-98
Earnings growth (Q)-71.6 %-98
Valuation-43

What you pay relative to what the business actually delivers.

P/E (trailing)73.5 ×-92
Forward P/E1352.67 ×-100
Price/Book143.55 ×-100
Price/Sales1.5 ×+91
EV/EBITDA11.98 ×+39
FCF yield-5.4 %-96

Key figures

SectorConsumer Cyclical
IndustryLodging
Market cap$4.4B
Dividend yield3.72%
Payout ratio267.22%
Beta0.67

About Whitbread plc

Whitbread plc operates hotels and restaurants in the United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, and internationally. The company operates hotels under the Premier Inn, ZIP by Premier Inn, and hub by Premier Inn brands.

See the live card

The figures above were captured on 20 October 2026. Open WTB.L in StockDecks for the current numbers, plus the four ratings it doesn't show here — Hype, Analyst Upside, Trend Signals and Insider Track — all free.

Open WTB.L on StockDecks

Premium adds the Full Score and Custom Score, which combine these fundamentals with the other ratings into a single number.

Other Consumer Cyclical companies