Kal Atwal Buys 1,130 Shares of Whitbread plc (LON:WTB) Stock

Whitbread plc (LON:WTB - Get Free Report) insider Kal Atwal bought 1,130 shares of Whitbread stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 20th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 2,621 ($33.11) per share, with a total value of £29,617.30 ($37,419.20).

Whitbread Trading Up 1.0 %

Whitbread stock traded up GBX 25 ($0.32) during trading on Friday, reaching GBX 2,648 ($33.46). 532,489 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 890,865. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 33.18, a current ratio of 0.96 and a quick ratio of 1.74. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 2,851.65 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 2,945.20. The company has a market capitalization of £4.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.48, a PEG ratio of -3.09 and a beta of 1.11. Whitbread plc has a 52-week low of GBX 2,602 ($32.87) and a 52-week high of GBX 3,614 ($45.66).

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the company. Shore Capital reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of Whitbread in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. Berenberg Bank decreased their target price on Whitbread from GBX 4,000 ($50.54) to GBX 3,900 ($49.27) and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of GBX 2,713.33 ($34.28).

Whitbread Company Profile

Whitbread is the owner of Premier Inn, the UK's biggest hotel brand, with 86,000 rooms in over 850 hotels and a growing presence in Germany with 10,500 rooms in 59 hotels, offering quality accommodation at affordable prices in great locations. People are at the heart of our business. We employ over 38,000 team members in over 900 Premier Inn hotels across the UK and Germany.