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So it seems strange that PDMRs were dumping shares in November.
07/11 Nigel Jones 5286 @ £25.73 https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/WTB/directorpdmr-shareholding-o202gn93dzkdnbs.html
15/11 Mark Anderson 3000 @ £25.46 https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/WTB/directorpdmr-shareholding-ho8prk94xzjw3hw.html
Tax planning or just a bad call?
@darrenp Did you get your card? I am also with ii but they told me to whistle as it against SIPP rules. Do you have a SIPP, ISA or trading account?
Good figures out, to be honest no more than I expected. Once Germany takes off this should rise significantly further. Dividends too, unlike most AIM companies, whose sole aim is to fill the directors pockets.
Sundays are dirt cheap even on bank holidays
a few of the inns where I live offer rooms for 42.50 so with the discount card it's an absolute bargain
Send ii a secure message and they will send you one. A discount worth having free brekkie tastes GOOD !!!!!!!!!! A substantial saving even if you only use it a couple of times. I have also discovered that Sunday nights are cheapest.
I view the card like a dividend
I only hold about 2k in shares here and we tend to go away for at least 10 nights per year so for the pair of us that's £190 in free breakfasts or a 9.5% divi
The cards are renewed in May but its not like if you don't hold shares on that date you're not entitled to the card.
Provided you meet the minimum share holding requirement of 64 shares you're eligible for the discount card. Contact II and request this and they should contact Link on your behalf and request the card
Be warned though - almost no Whitbread front of house staff know what the card is and you have to explain it to them. Only 1 hotel I've stayed at knew what it was.
There's an undeniable smugness that washes over you when you're sat at breakfast knowing you're probably the only one who didn't have to pay
Am with ii, I’ve heard the cards are issued in May each year.
No, I don't think so. Which broker you with and what type of account is it?
Anyone know if there’s a cut off date to get the shareholder discount card?
Have been hoping for an IHG or Accor type takeover . We live in hope
And another £140k today. Who’s starting to get worried?
Disappointing to see
Stayed in Cardiff bay hotel on Friday and Saturday , no problems what so ever . Place was full , manager stated it always full . Rooms were clean tidy , staff were rushed but polite , could not really fault it .
GLA
Does anyone have a full year EPS estimates for WTB
as the H1 clearly well ahead of consensus?.
Thanks.
7pm Prime location half term holidays and the restaurant manager was turning people away while tables lay empty with dirty crockery. Plenty of staff however could have done with more obviously.
Breakfast had 2 members of staff on. No food then no plates and again having to turn paying customer away when the place had plenty of tables free yet again. Badly run and how frustrating as a share holder watching this thriving place fail.
Hope this was a one off example.
Well interesting- Citadel took out a further 0.13% short on 25th Oct ( interim day) so they are up to something - total now 0.67% short. I’ve put a limit sell on mine so they can’t “borrow” my shares. I know some investors think they can’t have much impact on a 5 bill mcap company but it all depends on volume of the free float ( shares not held by the institutions) they can be very manipulative in how they use them. Why now ?? Outlook or something else ? All IMO - please DYOR.
Should add that the German market as other posters have mentioned is hopefully going to be a big growth part of Wtb over time . Please DYOR .
Citadel took out a short on 21st Oct - 0.17% on top of their existing which brings it to 0.54%. So either they hedged for poor results ( they were good) or they’re acting on behalf of some other enterprise ( venture capitalists??) . I’m only guessing but same happened to Morrison’s before their takeover. It’s all IMO but may explain the drop on what we’re very reasonable interims. Please DYOR.
why has this crashed so much today
compared to FY 2019, primarily caused by the
equity raise share dilution.
Take a look at pre COVID EPS!.
@Nick1234 Where did you get the £700m forecast from please? And is it operating profit, EBITDA, PBT or net income?
in addition to the net cashflow , dividend and the % of freehold, the big future catalyst will be a strong rev growth in Germany, this is what's going to propel WTB higher, you'll find as the UK goes into a hard recession (we're already in one and it'll get worse), Germany might just be the news we'll in the next few set of results as they might weather it better.
F&B is doomed in the next 12/18 months, need to aggressively cut costs there or just divest entirely.
i am bullish long term, but it might trade sideways for next few months.
Yes, it's been a long wait but totally agree that as soon as the market turns the corner WTB will prove to be an excellent investment.
Nice to see that the German business is also starting to take off - fantastic long-term potential to build a business on the same scale as the UK.