IHG Hotels & Resorts
IHG Hotels & Resorts' revenue rose 5.4% to $5.2 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 23.1%, up from 21.1% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $870 million, up 25.2%. It paid out $1.2 billion in dividends and buybacks, 134% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 4.4%.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on equity is net income as a share of shareholders' equity.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, earnings per share grew 9.6% a year and net income 5.8% a year, as buybacks cut the share count by 27%.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 1,450 | 976 | 1,322 | 1,008 | 1,129 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 2,845 | 2,396 | 3,166 | 3,274 | 4,201 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 1,395 | 1,420 | 1,844 | 2,266 | 3,072 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 2.4x | 2.0x | 1.6x | 2.0x | 2.4x |
| Debt to equity | — | — | — | — | — |
| Interest coverage | 3.4x | 5.3x | 8.5x | 5.8x | 5.9x |
| Current ratio | 1.3x | 1.1x | 1.0x | 1.0x | 1.0x |
| Quick ratio | 1.3x | 1.1x | 1.0x | 1.0x | 1.0x |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Fail | Pass | Fail |
| Current ratio rose | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| F-score | 7 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 8 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −3.2% | −2.0% | −2.8% |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IHG Hotels & Resorts | FY25 | 5.4% | 23.1% | 16.8% | — | 2.4x | 8 | |
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| Marriott Vacations Worldwide | FY25 | 1.3% | — | −0.6% | — | — | — | Compare |
| Travel + Leisure | FY25 | 4.1% | 13.8% | 13.0% | 8.5% | 7.9x | — | Compare |
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10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 1,715 | 1,784 | 4,337 | 4,627 | 2,394 | 2,907 | 3,892 | 4,624 | 4,923 | 5,189 |
| Revenue growth | −4.9% | 4.0% | 143.1% | 6.7% | −48.3% | 21.4% | 33.9% | 18.8% | 6.5% | 5.4% |
| Gross profit | 1,167 | 1,230 | 3,666 | 3,845 | 2,040 | 2,421 | 3,244 | 3,882 | 4,178 | 4,425 |
| Research and development | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | 712 | 744 | 582 | 630 | −153 | 494 | 628 | 1,066 | 1,041 | 1,198 |
| Net income | 456 | 534 | 349 | 385 | −260 | 266 | 375 | 750 | 628 | 758 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 2.13 | 2.75 | 1.82 | 2.09 | −1.43 | 1.45 | 2.06 | 4.41 | 3.85 | 4.87 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 214 | 194 | 192 | 184 | 182 | 184 | 182 | 170 | 163 | 156 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 710 | 616 | 709 | 653 | 137 | 636 | 646 | 893 | 724 | 898 |
| Capital expenditure | 32 | 44 | 46 | 75 | 26 | 17 | 54 | 28 | 29 | 28 |
| Free cash flow | 678 | 572 | 663 | 578 | 111 | 619 | 592 | 865 | 695 | 870 |
| Dividends paid | 1,693 | 593 | 199 | 721 | 0 | 0 | 233 | 245 | 259 | 270 |
| Share buybacks | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 482 | 790 | 804 | 897 |
| Acquisitions | 0 | 0 | 34 | 292 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 23 | 27 | 38 | 30 | 21 | 28 | 30 | 36 | 44 | 47 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 206 | 168 | 704 | 195 | 1,675 | 1,450 | 976 | 1,322 | 1,008 | 1,129 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 1,712 | 1,788 | 2,014 | 2,165 | 3,767 | 2,845 | 2,396 | 3,166 | 3,274 | 4,201 |
| Total assets | 2,762 | 3,322 | 4,285 | 4,194 | 5,039 | 4,716 | 4,216 | 4,813 | 4,748 | 5,345 |
| Total liabilities | 3,908 | 4,676 | 5,416 | 5,659 | 6,888 | 6,190 | 5,824 | 6,759 | 7,056 | 8,081 |
| Shareholders' equity | −1,154 | −1,361 | −1,139 | −1,473 | −1,857 | −1,481 | −1,615 | −1,950 | −2,312 | −2,741 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 68.0% | 69.0% | 84.5% | 83.1% | 85.2% | 83.3% | 83.3% | 84.0% | 84.9% | 85.3% |
| Operating margin | 41.5% | 41.7% | 13.4% | 13.6% | −6.4% | 17.0% | 16.1% | 23.1% | 21.1% | 23.1% |
| Net margin | 26.6% | 29.9% | 8.1% | 8.3% | −10.9% | 9.2% | 9.6% | 16.2% | 12.8% | 14.6% |
| Free cash flow margin | 39.5% | 32.1% | 15.3% | 12.5% | 4.6% | 21.3% | 15.2% | 18.7% | 14.1% | 16.8% |
| Return on capital | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Return on equity | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Return on assets | — | 17.6% | 9.2% | 9.1% | −5.6% | 5.5% | 8.4% | 16.6% | 13.1% | 15.0% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 1.9x | 1.9x | 1.9x | 2.6x | — | 2.4x | 2.0x | 1.6x | 2.0x | 2.4x |