Whitbread PLC

Whitbread H1 Revenue Increases
Food Business Review | 40 days 14 hours 47 minutes ago
Group like for like sales decreases by 2.7%

NOVEMBER 9, 2009 A Big Snag in Small Caps Low Trading Volume Puts Portfolio Managers in a Difficult Position
Barron's (subscription required) | 14 days 1 hour 39 minutes ago
A quick look at two U.K. companies -- Vodafone Group PLC and hotels-and-restaurants company Whitbread PLC -- illustrates the problem. Vodafone has 52.6 billion shares in issue, while Whitbread has 175 million. Back in autumn 2007, around two billion Vodafone shares were traded per week, while around 15 million Whitbread shares traded a week.

UPDATE: Whitbread Not Upping Expansion Despite Improving Trend
Wall Street Journal, The | 40 days 19 hours 48 minutes ago
(Adds comment from analysts, the CEO and CFO.) By Michael Carolan Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Whitbread PLC (WTB.LN) said Tuesday it's still too early to call the bottom of the market, despite some encouraging signs in its first half results, and said it won't ramp up its expansion until the end of the year at the earliest.

Whitbread Won't Expand Before Year-End
Wall Street Journal, The | 40 days 18 hours 43 minutes ago
LONDON -- Whitbread PLC said Tuesday it's still too early to call the bottom of the market, despite some encouraging signs in its first half results, and said it won't ramp up its expansion until the end of the year at the earliest.

U.K.'s FTSE 100 Index Fluctuates; Antofagasta Declines as Whitbread Gains
Bloomberg | 44 days 19 hours 53 minutes ago
Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks swung between gains and losses. Antofagasta Plc and Lonmin Plc pared yesterday's advance among mining companies, while Whitbread Plc rose for a second day after Barclays Plc advised buying the retailer's shares.

U.K.'s FTSE 100 Index Fluctuates; Whitbread Rallies as Banks Shares Drop
Bloomberg | 40 days 19 hours 57 minutes ago
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks fluctuated after the FTSE 100 Index rallied to a 12-month high yesterday. Whitbread Plc advanced after the hotel operator reported higher earnings, countering a retreat in banking shares.

Whitbread 1H Pre-Items Pft -2.7%, Progress Continues
Wall Street Journal, The | 40 days 21 hours 49 minutes ago
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Whitbread PLC (WTB.LN) said Tuesday it performed relatively well in its first half, with profits down just 2.7% despite the toughest trading conditions for years, and said its encouraging progress has continued into the second half.

EARNINGS PREVIEW: Whitbread 1H Pre-Items Pft Seen -6.6%
Wall Street Journal, The | 43 days 15 hours 53 minutes ago
Whitbread PLC (WTB.LN): 1H Earnings Due: Oct. 13 at 0600 GMT Company Survey of Seven Analysts Average Pretax Pre-Exceptional Pft GBP113M,-6

Low Trading Volume Puts Portfolio Managers in a Difficult Position
Wall Street Journal, The | 14 days 1 hour 50 minutes ago
One element that has been conspicuously absent from the equity party that started in March is volume. And this is starting to give portfolio managers headaches when holding smaller-capitalized stocks.

Bellway, Ferrexpo, JJB, Lloyds, Rio, Whitbread: U.K., Irish Equity Preview
Bloomberg | 40 days 22 hours 52 minutes ago
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in U.K. and Irish markets today. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are from the last market close.

FTSE 100 ends up on US jobs data
Yahoo! | 16 days 16 hours 21 minutes ago
LONDON (AFP) – London shares ended higher on Thursday powered by positive US employment data.

UPDATE: Millennium & Copthorne Says Worst May Now Be Over
Wall Street Journal, The | 17 days 19 hours 46 minutes ago
(Adds detail, comment.) By Steve McGrath and Michael Carolan Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Millennium & Copthorne Hotels PLC (MLC.LN) said Thursday that the worst of the downturn in the sector may be over as its decline in revenue per available room is slowing and current bookings are showing some positive momentum.

FTSE 100 Index Swings Between Gains and Losses; Lonmin Falls, ITV Climbs
Bloomberg | 44 days 17 hours 50 minutes ago
Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks swung between gains and losses. Antofagasta Plc and Lonmin Plc pared yesterday's advance among mining companies, while ITV Plc climbed on bid talk.