Whitbread Dividends and Buybacks
Dividend criteria checks 4/6
Whitbread is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 2.96% that is well covered by earnings.
Key information
3.0%
Dividend yield
4.6%
Buyback Yield
| Total Shareholder Yield | 7.5% |
| Future Dividend Yield | 3.7% |
| Dividend Growth | -1.6% |
| Next dividend pay date | n/a |
| Ex dividend date | n/a |
| Dividend per share | n/a |
| Payout ratio | 69% |
Recent dividend and buyback updates
Recent updates
Whitbread plc (LON:WTB) Not Lagging Market On Growth Or Pricing
Sep 07
Is Now The Time To Look At Buying Whitbread plc (LON:WTB)?
Jul 18Whitbread (LON:WTB) Hasn't Managed To Accelerate Its Returns
Jul 03Whitbread plc Just Missed EPS By 29%: Here's What Analysts Think Will Happen Next
May 04Calculating The Fair Value Of Whitbread plc (LON:WTB)
Apr 13Is Whitbread (LON:WTB) Using Too Much Debt?
Feb 11Getting In Cheap On Whitbread plc (LON:WTB) Might Be Difficult
Jan 27Investors Met With Slowing Returns on Capital At Whitbread (LON:WTB)
Jan 13Estimating The Fair Value Of Whitbread plc (LON:WTB)
Dec 11
Transforming Food And Beverage Offerings And German Expansion Will Accelerate Profit Growth And Boost Margins
Strategic initiatives to transform offerings and focus on high-return investments are likely to enhance margins and drive profit growth.Some Investors May Be Willing To Look Past Whitbread's (LON:WTB) Soft Earnings
Oct 24Whitbread (LON:WTB) Will Pay A Dividend Of £0.346
Oct 19Stability and Growth of Payments
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Stable Dividend: WTB's dividend payments have been volatile in the past 10 years.
Growing Dividend: WTB's dividend payments have increased over the past 10 years.
Dividend Yield vs Market
| Whitbread Dividend Yield vs Market |
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| Segment | Dividend Yield |
|---|---|
| Company (WTB) | 3.0% |
| Market Bottom 25% (GB) | 2.1% |
| Market Top 25% (GB) | 5.3% |
| Industry Average (Hospitality) | 2.1% |
| Analyst forecast (WTB) (up to 3 years) | 3.7% |
Notable Dividend: WTB's dividend (2.96%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the UK market (2.07%).
High Dividend: WTB's dividend (2.96%) is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the UK market (5.27%).
Earnings Payout to Shareholders
Earnings Coverage: With its reasonable payout ratio (68.6%), WTB's dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Cash Payout to Shareholders
Cash Flow Coverage: With its reasonable cash payout ratio (63.5%), WTB's dividend payments are covered by cash flows.
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2025/10/06 02:54 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2025/10/03 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2025/02/27 |
| Annual Earnings | 2025/02/27 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
| Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Whitbread plc is covered by 47 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Alejandro Acosta | Alezor Research |
| Bérénice Lacroix | AlphaValue |
| Pierre-Yves Gauthier | AlphaValue |