Whitbread Balance Sheet Health
Financial Health criteria checks 4/6
Whitbread has a total shareholder equity of £3.5B and total debt of £995.6M, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 28.6%. Its total assets and total liabilities are £9.5B and £6.0B respectively. Whitbread's EBIT is £599.1M making its interest coverage ratio 4.2. It has cash and short-term investments of £625.3M.
Key information
28.6%
Debt to equity ratio
UK£995.60m
Debt
| Interest coverage ratio | 4.2x |
| Cash | UK£625.30m |
| Equity | UK£3.48b |
| Total liabilities | UK£6.05b |
| Total assets | UK£9.53b |
Recent financial health updates
Recent updates
Estimating The Fair Value Of Whitbread plc (LON:WTB)
Dec 11
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 19Take Care Before Diving Into The Deep End On Whitbread plc (LON:WTB)
Sep 25Estimating The Intrinsic Value Of Whitbread plc (LON:WTB)
Aug 16We Like These Underlying Return On Capital Trends At Whitbread (LON:WTB)
Jul 26Is Now An Opportune Moment To Examine Whitbread plc (LON:WTB)?
Jul 12Whitbread plc Just Missed EPS By 27%: Here's What Analysts Think Will Happen Next
May 03Whitbread plc's (LON:WTB) Popularity With Investors Is Clear
May 01Is Now An Opportune Moment To Examine Whitbread plc (LON:WTB)?
Apr 05Whitbread (LON:WTB) Is Reinvesting At Lower Rates Of Return
Feb 21These 4 Measures Indicate That Whitbread (LON:WTB) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well
Feb 02Do Whitbread's (LON:WTB) Earnings Warrant Your Attention?
Jan 03Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: WTB's short term assets (£901.0M) exceed its short term liabilities (£791.8M).
Long Term Liabilities: WTB's short term assets (£901.0M) do not cover its long term liabilities (£5.3B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: WTB's net debt to equity ratio (10.7%) is considered satisfactory.
Reducing Debt: WTB's debt to equity ratio has increased from 23.4% to 28.6% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: WTB's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (77.6%).
Interest Coverage: WTB's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (4.2x coverage).
Balance Sheet
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2024/12/31 18:46 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2024/12/31 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2024/08/29 |
| Annual Earnings | 2024/02/29 |
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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 48 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 |
| Pierre-Yves Gauthier | AlphaValue |
| Bérénice Lacroix | AlphaValue |