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Earnings per share (EPS)

2 stories · First covered Mar 11, 2026 · Latest 3d ago
Related: RevPAR 2 IHG 2 Franchise Fees 2 Loyalty Program 1 United States 1 Loyalty Programs 1 Asset-Light Model 1 Greater China 1 Holiday Inn Express 1 Property Improvement Plan (PIP) 1 Share buyback 1 PIP capital 1
Earnings per share (EPS) Coverage
IHG Is Spending $950M to Shrink Itself. The Math Says That's the Point.
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Mar 25

IHG Is Spending $950M to Shrink Itself. The Math Says That's the Point.

IHG's $950 million share buyback isn't a press release — it's a capital allocation thesis about what an asset-light hotel company does when it generates more cash than it can deploy into growth. The real number isn't $950 million; it's what the per-share math tells you about where management thinks the stock should be trading.

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Jordan Chen 3 min read · Mar 25
IHG's $950M Buyback Is a Bet Against Its Own Hotels
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Mar 11

IHG's $950M Buyback Is a Bet Against Its Own Hotels

IHG is on pace to return $5 billion to shareholders over five years while U.S. RevPAR sits flat. The math tells you exactly where management thinks the real money is... and it's not in the hotels.

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Jordan Chen 2 min read · Mar 11