Redburn downgrades Premier Inn owner Whitbread
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Redburn downgraded its stance on Premier Inn owner Whitbread on Tuesday to ‘sell’ from ‘neutral’, with a target price of 3,000p.
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Redburn said consensus expectations for pricing versus 2019 are 20% higher for Whitbread than any other hotel group it covers.
"We argue the data suggests this is less due to supply restrictions than the company believes," it said.
"Whitbread is a superbly run business, with top-class cost control, but this isn’t enough when we are 11% below consensus for RevPAR (revenue per available room) in 2026, which drops through to 16% at EBITDA."
At 1125 BST, the shares were down 1.7% at 3,517p.