InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR is a global hospitality company that owns, manages, franchises, and leases a broad portfolio of hotel brands across the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Greater China. Its brand lineup includes luxury, premium, and mainstream names such as Six Senses, Regent, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Kimpton, Hotel Indigo, voco, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, and Staybridge Suites. The company also offers IHG One Rewards, a loyalty program that supports guest engagement and repeat stays across its network. InterContinental Hotels Group serves leisure and business travelers through a diverse mix of hotels, resorts, and extended-stay properties, making it a significant operator in the global lodging market. Headquartered in Windsor, United Kingdom, the company focuses on branded hospitality experiences delivered through direct operations and franchise partnerships.
$167.78
-$3.10 (-1.81%)
EOD Oct 22, 2026
Margins and capital returns are both well above average: 23.41% operating margin, ROIC at 20.70%. Consistent with durable pricing power, though that alone doesn't make it a buy.
Revenue grew 5.4%, steady but not accelerating.
At 34x earnings, the current multiple leaves limited room for execution misses or growth deceleration. Net debt of $3.50B represents 4.3x FCF, leverage limits flexibility.
34.5x earnings, 31.6x FCF. Not cheap, the quality is already reflected in the price. Upside from here requires either margin expansion or growth re-acceleration, not just continuation.
Price History
Valuation & Multiples
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$5.19B
▲ +5.4% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$759M
▲ +20.9% YoY
Op. Margin
23.41%
▲ +2.3pp YoY
ROIC
20.70%
▲ +0.7pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
$821M
▲ +27.1% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$898M
▲ +24.0% YoY
Net Debt
$3.50B
Cash & Equiv.
$1.10B
3Y CAGR: +10.1%
3Y CAGR: +14.5%
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Is InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG) overvalued?
At a P/E of 34.5 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 31.6, InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG) trades above a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $102.01 per share, so at $167.78 the stock looks overvalued (39.2% above estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR scores 75/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a solid business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 1.1%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from company filings; read the full methodology, or see how the market compares in our US profitability statistics. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Frequently asked
What is InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR's fair value?+
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $102.01 per share for IHG, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $76.51. At today's $167.78, that puts the stock about 39.2% above estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Is InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR a high-quality business?+
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR scores 75 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a solid business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 23.4% operating margin and a 20.7% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from company filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Does InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG) pay a dividend, and how much?+
Yes, InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR pays a regular dividend of about $1.85 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 1.1% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 37.5% of earnings, so the dividend is amply covered by earnings. InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR has grown the dividend at roughly 16.0% a year over the past few years. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For IHG's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
Is InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR a good stock to buy right now?+
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. IHG currently trades above its estimated intrinsic value and scores 75/100 on quality (solid). It also yields about 1.1%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from company filings, not investment advice.
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