Whitbread plc

OTCPK:WTBD.Y Stock Report

Market Cap: US$6.5b

Whitbread Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 1/6

Whitbread has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 47.9%, while the Hospitality industry saw earnings growing at 32.5% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 19.8% per year. Whitbread's return on equity is 6.9%, and it has net margins of 8.1%.

Key information

47.9%

Earnings growth rate

47.2%

EPS growth rate

Hospitality Industry Growth19.5%
Revenue growth rate19.8%
Return on equity6.9%
Net Margin8.1%
Next Earnings Update16 Jan 2025

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:WTBD.Y Revenue, expenses and earnings (GBP Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
29 Aug 242,95723980
29 May 242,95827560
29 Feb 242,96031240
30 Nov 232,90432530
31 Aug 232,84933820
31 May 232,73730820
02 Mar 232,62527920
02 Dec 222,511297-10
01 Sep 222,398314-40
01 Jun 222,054178-20
03 Mar 221,7114300
03 Dec 211,360-12100
26 Aug 211,008-284-10
26 May 21803-595-10
25 Feb 21597-906-10
25 Nov 20921-76110
27 Aug 201,245-61530
27 May 201,661-19820
27 Feb 202,07621820
29 Aug 192,056162-30
29 May 192,05316900
28 Feb 192,04917730
30 Aug 182,035326-20
30 May 182,021336-10
01 Mar 182,00734500
01 Dec 172,63940900
31 Aug 172,60242500
31 May 172,85442300
02 Mar 173,10642200
02 Dec 163,072409-20
01 Sep 163,038397-40
01 Jun 162,980394-20
03 Mar 162,92239100
03 Dec 152,838384-10
27 Aug 152,755377-20
27 May 152,681374-10
26 Feb 152,60837000
26 Nov 142,52535500
28 Aug 142,443341-10
28 May 142,36933400
27 Feb 142,29432800

Quality Earnings: WTBD.Y has a large one-off loss of £100.5M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 29th August, 2024.

Growing Profit Margin: WTBD.Y's current net profit margins (8.1%) are lower than last year (11.9%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: WTBD.Y's earnings have grown significantly by 47.9% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: WTBD.Y's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: WTBD.Y had negative earnings growth (-29.2%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Hospitality industry average (14%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: WTBD.Y's Return on Equity (6.9%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/31 20:41
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/31 00:00
Earnings2024/08/29
Annual Earnings2024/02/29

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Management10 years
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Key Developments10 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.

AnalystInstitution
Alejandro AcostaAlezor Research
Pierre-Yves GauthierAlphaValue
Bérénice LacroixAlphaValue