Whitbread Valuation

Is WHF4 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
Price-To-Earnings vs Peers
Price-To-Earnings vs Industry
Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio
Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of WHF4 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: WHF4 (€34.8) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€41.6)

Significantly Below Fair Value: WHF4 is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for WHF4?

Key metric: As WHF4 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for WHF4. This is calculated by dividing WHF4's market cap by their current earnings.
What is WHF4's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio	21.2x
Earnings	UK£238.80m
Market Cap	UK£5.07b

WHF4 key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue	3.3x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	12.2x
PEG Ratio	1.2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does WHF4's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for WHF4 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PE	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	13.6x
TUI1 TUI	7.2x	17.3%	€3.9b
IFA LS Invest	6.5x	n/a	€296.1m
TIMA ZEAL Network	20.1x	-5.0%	€944.3m
780 Tongcheng Travel Holdings	20.6x	19.7%	HK$43.3b
WHF4 Whitbread	21.2x	17.4%	€5.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WHF4 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.2x) compared to the peer average (13.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does WHF4's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Hospitality Industry?

10 Companies	Price / Earnings	Estimated Growth	Market Cap

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WHF4 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.2x) compared to the European Hospitality industry average (17.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WHF4's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

WHF4 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio	21.2x
Fair PE Ratio	31.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: WHF4 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.3x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst WHF4 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
Date	Share Price	Average 1Y Price Target	Dispersion	High	Low	1Y Actual price	Analysts
Current	€34.80	€46.41 +33.4%	14.8%	€58.67	€32.93	n/a	17
Nov ’25	€35.68	€47.46 +33.0%	13.0%	€58.72	€32.96	n/a	17
Oct ’25	€37.58	€47.43 +26.2%	13.3%	€58.45	€32.80	n/a	17
Sep ’25	€34.86	€47.41 +36.0%	13.8%	€58.25	€31.50	n/a	17
Aug ’25	€34.48	€46.95 +36.2%	14.1%	€57.82	€31.27	n/a	17
Jul ’25	€35.34	€46.95 +32.9%	14.1%	€57.82	€31.27	n/a	17
Jun ’25	€34.14	€47.68 +39.7%	13.9%	€56.43	€31.15	n/a	18
May ’25	€35.64	€48.05 +34.8%	13.7%	€56.09	€30.97	n/a	18
Apr ’25	€38.26	€48.58 +27.0%	12.4%	€57.24	€35.04	n/a	18
Mar ’25	€38.53	€47.06 +22.1%	17.7%	€57.02	€19.78	n/a	20
Feb ’25	€42.11	€47.06 +11.8%	17.7%	€57.02	€19.78	n/a	20
Jan ’25	€41.69	€46.65 +11.9%	17.6%	€55.78	€19.76	n/a	21
Dec ’24	€35.76	€47.14 +31.8%	17.8%	€56.09	€19.87	n/a	21
Nov ’24	€38.39	€46.42 +20.9%	17.4%	€55.18	€19.54	€35.68	21
Oct ’24	€40.19	€45.38 +12.9%	18.2%	€56.55	€19.62	€37.58	22
Sep ’24	€40.11	€44.62 +11.2%	17.4%	€54.88	€19.85	€34.86	21
Aug ’24	€40.74	€45.85 +12.5%	11.9%	€55.01	€31.01	€34.48	20
Jul ’24	€38.97	€45.29 +16.2%	11.9%	€54.55	€30.76	€35.34	20
Jun ’24	€38.18	€44.05 +15.4%	10.4%	€50.04	€30.84	€34.14	19
May ’24	€36.09	€41.75 +15.7%	10.7%	€48.57	€29.93	€35.64	19
Apr ’24	€33.60	€40.08 +19.3%	12.0%	€47.28	€29.83	€38.26	19
Mar ’24	€35.10	€39.98 +13.9%	12.0%	€47.30	€29.84	€38.53	19
Feb ’24	€34.50	€40.37 +17.0%	11.7%	€47.89	€30.22	€42.11	19
Jan ’24	€29.50	€39.34 +33.3%	13.2%	€47.76	€29.30	€41.69	19
Dec ’23	€30.00	€39.24 +30.8%	12.8%	€46.73	€29.02	€35.76	19
Nov ’23	€29.90	€40.04 +33.9%	13.2%	€47.66	€29.24	€38.39	19

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.