Whitbread has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 47%, while the Hospitality industry saw earnings growing at 35.4% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 18.5% per year. Whitbread's return on equity is 6.8%, and it has net margins of 7.3%.
Key information
46.99%
Earnings growth rate
48.72%
EPS growth rate
Hospitality Industry Growth
19.52%
Revenue growth rate
18.49%
Return on equity
6.79%
Net Margin
7.27%
Last Earnings Update
26 Feb 2026
Recent past performance updates
Recent updates
Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
How Whitbread makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.
Earnings and Revenue History
OTCPK:WTBC.F Revenue, expenses and earnings (GBP Millions)
Date
Revenue
Earnings
G+A Expenses
R&D Expenses
26 Feb 26
2,927
213
145
0
26 Nov 25
2,912
232
72
0
28 Aug 25
2,898
251
3
0
28 May 25
2,913
252
4
0
27 Feb 25
2,927
254
4
0
27 Nov 24
2,945
246
10
0
29 Aug 24
2,964
239
12
0
29 May 24
2,965
275
8
0
29 Feb 24
2,966
312
4
0
30 Nov 23
2,908
325
3
0
31 Aug 23
2,849
338
2
0
31 May 23
2,737
308
2
0
02 Mar 23
2,625
279
2
0
02 Dec 22
2,511
297
-1
0
01 Sep 22
2,398
314
-4
0
01 Jun 22
2,054
178
-2
0
03 Mar 22
1,711
43
0
0
03 Dec 21
1,360
-121
0
0
26 Aug 21
1,008
-284
-1
0
26 May 21
803
-595
-1
0
25 Feb 21
597
-906
-1
0
25 Nov 20
921
-761
1
0
27 Aug 20
1,245
-615
3
0
27 May 20
1,661
-198
2
0
27 Feb 20
2,076
218
2
0
29 Aug 19
2,056
162
-3
0
29 May 19
2,053
169
0
0
28 Feb 19
2,049
177
3
0
30 Aug 18
2,035
326
-2
0
30 May 18
2,021
336
-1
0
01 Mar 18
2,007
345
0
0
01 Dec 17
2,639
409
0
0
31 Aug 17
2,602
425
0
0
31 May 17
2,854
423
0
0
02 Mar 17
3,106
422
0
0
02 Dec 16
3,072
409
-2
0
01 Sep 16
3,038
397
-4
0
01 Jun 16
2,980
394
-2
0
03 Mar 16
2,922
391
0
0
03 Dec 15
2,838
384
-1
0
27 Aug 15
2,755
377
-2
0
27 May 15
2,681
374
-1
0
Quality Earnings: WTBC.F has a large one-off loss of £159.9M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 26th February, 2026.
Growing Profit Margin: WTBC.F's current net profit margins (7.3%) are lower than last year (8.7%).
Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: WTBC.F has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 47% per year.
Accelerating Growth: WTBC.F's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: WTBC.F had negative earnings growth (-16.1%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Hospitality industry average (10.1%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: WTBC.F's Return on Equity (6.8%) is considered low.
Return on Assets
Return on Capital Employed
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/05/07 06:10
End of Day Share Price
2026/03/24 00:00
Earnings
2026/02/26
Annual Earnings
2026/02/26
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Analyst Sources
Whitbread plc is covered by 34 analysts. 17 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.