WTB vs. IHG, ENT, PINE, MKS, JD, BKG, HWDN, SMDS, TW, and KGF
Should you be buying Whitbread stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Whitbread include InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Entain (ENT), Pinewood Technologies Group (PINE), Marks and Spencer Group (MKS), JD Sports Fashion (JD), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), DS Smith (SMDS), Taylor Wimpey (TW), and Kingfisher (KGF). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
InterContinental Hotels Group (LON:IHG) and Whitbread (LON:WTB) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and risk.
Whitbread received 450 more outperform votes than InterContinental Hotels Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.69% of users gave Whitbread an outperform vote while only 50.65% of users gave InterContinental Hotels Group an outperform vote.
InterContinental Hotels Group has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Whitbread has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Whitbread had 1 more articles in the media than InterContinental Hotels Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Whitbread and 2 mentions for InterContinental Hotels Group. Whitbread's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat InterContinental Hotels Group's score of -0.20 indicating that InterContinental Hotels Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
71.6% of InterContinental Hotels Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Whitbread shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of InterContinental Hotels Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Whitbread shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
InterContinental Hotels Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
InterContinental Hotels Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 121 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Whitbread pays an annual dividend of GBX 84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. InterContinental Hotels Group pays out 3,457.1% 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 4,970.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
InterContinental Hotels Group has a net margin of 34.66% compared to InterContinental Hotels Group's net margin of 11.85%. InterContinental Hotels Group's return on equity of 8.31% beat Whitbread's return on equity.
InterContinental Hotels Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 6,415, indicating a potential downside of 20.15%. Whitbread has a consensus target price of GBX 4,192.50, indicating a potential upside of 37.78%. Given InterContinental Hotels Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Whitbread is more favorable than InterContinental Hotels Group.
Summary
InterContinental Hotels Group and Whitbread tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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