IHGInterContinental Hotels Group PLC

$160.78+35% 1Y

Is the business good?

Mixed

The checks split: nothing decisive, though earnings fully cash-backed (1.1×).

1 good, 1 neutral, 2 without data
Profits arrive as cash1.06×derived · Dec 31, 2025

Operating profit is fully backed by cash.

Margin direction, 3 yearsStablederived

Positive operating leverage, operating profit is growing faster than sales, so margins widen as the business scales.

Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.

How good a business is IHG?

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC keeps 23% of every revenue dollar as operating profit, against 23% for the median Lodging name.

23%

Operating margin · Lodging median 23% · fiscal year to FY2025

Cash conversion
1.06×

Cash conversion · 0.99× a year ago · operating cash flow covers the operating profit after tax

Share count, year on year
−4.4%

Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company

Gross margin
85%

Gross margin

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY2020−6.4%
FY202117%
FY202216%
FY202323%
FY202421%
FY202523%
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Gross marginfiscal year to FY2025
85%
Operating marginfiscal year to FY2025
23%
Net marginfiscal year to FY2025
15%
Free cash flow margin
17%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$5.19B
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$870M
Net income, trailing twelve months
$758M

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.