Whitbread (WTB) Competitors

InterContinental Hotels Group (LON:IHG) and Whitbread (LON:WTB) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Which has better valuation and earnings, IHG or WTB?

InterContinental Hotels Group has higher revenue and earnings than Whitbread. Whitbread is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InterContinental Hotels Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
InterContinental Hotels Group	£3.82B	4.16	£638M	£2.95	3,394.92
Whitbread	£2.96B	1.74	£312.10M	£1.60	1,798.93

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IHG or WTB?

Whitbread received 461 more outperform votes than InterContinental Hotels Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.90% of users gave Whitbread an outperform vote while only 50.53% of users gave InterContinental Hotels Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
InterContinental Hotels Group	Outperform Votes 427 50.53%	Underperform Votes 418 49.47%
Whitbread	Outperform Votes 888 71.90%	Underperform Votes 347 28.10%

Does the media refer more to IHG or WTB?

In the previous week, InterContinental Hotels Group had 1 more articles in the media than Whitbread. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for InterContinental Hotels Group and 2 mentions for Whitbread. InterContinental Hotels Group's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Whitbread's score of -0.30 indicating that InterContinental Hotels Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
InterContinental Hotels Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Whitbread	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of IHG or WTB?

71.8% of InterContinental Hotels Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.9% of Whitbread shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of InterContinental Hotels Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Whitbread shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, IHG or WTB?

InterContinental Hotels Group has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Whitbread has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IHG or WTB a better dividend stock?

InterContinental Hotels Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 125 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Whitbread pays an annual dividend of GBX 97 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. InterContinental Hotels Group pays out 4,237.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Whitbread pays out 6,062.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is IHG or WTB more profitable?

InterContinental Hotels Group has a net margin of 16.68% compared to Whitbread's net margin of 10.54%. Whitbread's return on equity of 8.18% beat InterContinental Hotels Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
InterContinental Hotels Group	16.68%	N/A	14.12%
Whitbread	10.54%	8.18%	4.28%

Do analysts prefer IHG or WTB?

InterContinental Hotels Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 5,471, suggesting a potential downside of 45.37%. Whitbread has a consensus price target of GBX 2,713.33, suggesting a potential downside of 5.73%. Given Whitbread's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Whitbread is more favorable than InterContinental Hotels Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
InterContinental Hotels Group	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83
Whitbread	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Summary

InterContinental Hotels Group beats Whitbread on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.