profit from every £100 of sales.
£0£100
Whitbread
£28.06+0.00% today
-10.4% in 1 year
1-year low £22.341-year high £31.30
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay £22.08 for every £1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Whitbread sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from £2.63 billion in 2023 to £2.92 billion in 2026, with £213 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Whitbread handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks £262M£169M
Free cash flow 2026£56M
Bought back its own shares£262M
Paid as dividends£169M
Cash vs. debt£234M vs. £5.5B
Whitbread vs. similar companies
Whitbread grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from £100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per £1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitbread | 22.1× · Fair price | ||
 Marriott International | 41.9× · Expensive | ||
 Hilton Worldwide Holdings | 57.0× · Expensive | ||
 InterContinental Hotels Group | 34.6× · Expensive | ||
 The Indian Hotels | 60.8× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Whitbread's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of GBP | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,625 | 2,960 | 2,922 | 2,920 | |
| 1,698 | 1,962 | 1,974 | 2,017 | |
| 533 | 664 | 619 | 637 | |
| 886 | 1,013 | 957 | 926 | |
| 279 | 312 | 254 | 213 | |
| 1.38 | 1.60 | 1.41 | 1.22 | |
| 64.7% | 66.3% | 67.6% | 69.1% | |
| 20.3% | 22.4% | 21.2% | 21.8% | |
| 10.6% | 10.5% | 8.7% | 7.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 9,943 | 9,521 | 9,905 | 9,569 |
| Cash | 1,165 | 697 | 909 | 234 |
| Total debt | 4,952 | 5,093 | 5,626 | 5,466 |
| Total liabilities | 5,831 | 6,002 | 6,570 | 6,432 |
| 4,111 | 3,519 | 3,335 | 3,136 | |
| 203 | 195 | 181 | 174 | |
| 4.5% | 5.5% | 4.6% | 4.4% | |
| 6.8% | 8.9% | 7.6% | 6.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 800 | 878 | 762 | 753 | |
| 519 | 509 | 498 | 697 | |
| 281 | 369 | 264 | 56 | |
| Dividends paid | 119 | 165 | 178 | 169 |
| 0 | 591 | 264 | 262 | |
| 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
Valuation
- 22.1×
- –
- –
- 1.2×
- 1.6×
- 84.6×
- 10.7×
- 1.2%
- 4.5%
- 3.6%
Profitability
- 69.1%
- 21.8%
- 7.3%
- –
- 4.4%
- 4.7%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +3.6%
- −3.8%
- –
- –
- −5.0%
Financial health
- 5.6×
- 1.74
- –
- 2.5×
- 0.56
- –
- –
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 25%of 982
Top 9%of 994
Bottom 41%of 853
Bottom 30%of 993
Bottom 24%of 980
3.6%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$36a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
79.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 303.6%
News
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Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
37No pass
Benjamin Graham
59No pass
Philip Fisher
46No pass
Peter Lynch
21No pass
Joel Greenblatt
26No pass
Charlie Munger
36No pass
Terry Smith
27No pass
Questions about Whitbread
Is Whitbread a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Whitbread AI analysis
What does Whitbread do?
Whitbread plc operates hotels and restaurants in the United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, and internationally. The company operates hotels under the Premier Inn, ZIP by Premier Inn, and hub by Premier Inn brands. It is in Lodging, based in Dunstable, United Kingdom, with 31,502 employees.
Does Whitbread pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.6% a year, about 79% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out £169 million in dividends.
Is Whitbread stock halal?
No. Whitbread does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 116% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Whitbread stock done over the past year?
Down 10.4% over the past twelve months, to £28.06. It traded between £22.34 and £31.30 and is 10.4% below its high.
Who are Whitbread's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Marriott International, Hilton Worldwide Holdings, InterContinental Hotels Group and The Indian Hotels. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Whitbread's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.