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InterContinental Hotels

LSE:IHG · GB00BHJYC057
Hotels, Restaurants & LeisureLarge

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50
EV / EBIT30
Price / Owner Earnings31
Owner Earnings Yield53
Dividend Yield34
Price/Sales1
EV / Gross Profit36
Price/Book97
Return on Capital98
Cash Return on Capital100
EBIT Margin71
Gross Profitability96
Cash Conversion15
Accruals25
Owner Earnings Margin68
Sales growth69
Profit Growth92
Long-Term EPS Growth55
Owner Earnings Growth62
Reinvestment68
Price momentum92
Debt load1
Refinancing85
Debt Payback58
Liquidity67
Analyst ratings26
Opinion Changes46
Price Target Upside6
Market mood80
Value Creation12/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

InterContinental Hotels clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUK
IndustryHotels, Restaurants & Leisure
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeLSE
Founded2004
Employees22,900
Websiteihgplc.com
ISINGB00BHJYC057
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
TourismTravel AccommodationsHospitalityHotelRestaurants

Description

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC provides an enterprise platform for hotel owners to join the IHG system through a family of 20 hotel brands and IHG One Rewards, one of the world’s largest hotel loyalty programmes. The company’s overall enterprise,…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is a middle-of-the-road business: neither the economics nor the price stand out from the peer group. One caution: reported profits have recently run ahead of actual cash, which we track closely.

The price is expensive. You pay 30.2× its owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year, which is in the historically expensive zone. At today's price, the market is assuming roughly 12% yearly growth; analysts expect 13%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

The trajectory is solid and the balance sheet is adequate. The company scores 12/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value. Analyst sentiment is cautious.

What to watch: Reported profits have run ahead of actual cash for several periods. As always: this describes the company's numbers; it is not a recommendation.

360° rank · history

1007550250
82
2023202420252026

All-time high

82

Jun 2026

All-time low

33

Jan 2026

Average rank

58

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
1
7
3
5
Price/Earnings
11
17
15
43
Price/Book
97
93
97
100
Dividend Yield
34
50
51
63
Value (overall)
22
39
24
59

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

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1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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