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InterContinental Hotels Group
IHG · Consumer Discretionary
Last earnings Oct 22, 2026
AI analysis
Latest earnings event · reported Oct 22, 2026
Based on: Earnings release — transcript not held
The event-summary record for this company carries no extracted figures, so the brief and charts cannot be drawn yet. The summary below and the held documents are the record for this event.
Guidance · company-stated
No guidance located in the held release
Capital allocation
  Share buyback progress       As announced at our 2025 full year results on 17 February, a $950m share buyback programme is returning surplus capital to shareholders in 2026.
The 2026 programme is 74% complete with $707m cumulatively spent to date, repurchasing 4.7 million shares.
Event summary
InterContinental Hotels Group — Earnings release (2026-10-22)
Based on: Earnings release — transcript not held
Guidance & outlook
No guidance located in the held release
Capital allocation
  Share buyback progress       As announced at our 2025 full year results on 17 February, a $950m share buyback programme is returning surplus capital to shareholders in 2026.
SEC original ↗InterContinental Hotels Group — Earnings release (6-K report)6-KOct 22, 2026
The 2026 programme is 74% complete with $707m cumulatively spent to date, repurchasing 4.7 million shares.
SEC original ↗InterContinental Hotels Group — Earnings release (6-K report)6-KOct 22, 2026
  The $950m share buyback programme together with approximately $285m of ordinary dividend payments will have returned over $1.2bn in total to shareholders in 2026.
SEC original ↗InterContinental Hotels Group — Earnings release (6-K report)6-KOct 22, 2026
  As set out at the time of IHG’s half year results in August 2026, after completing this year’s buyback programme to return $950m of surplus capital to shareholders, and based on analyst consensus, leverage at the end of 2026 is expected to remain within our net debt:adjusted EBITDA target range of 2.5-3.0x.
SEC original ↗InterContinental Hotels Group — Earnings release (6-K report)6-KOct 22, 2026
After currency swaps, the Group now has a total of $4.6bn bonds outstanding, with a blended borrowing cost of approximately 5.1%.
SEC original ↗InterContinental Hotels Group — Earnings release (6-K report)6-KOct 22, 2026
Strategy & priorities
Development remains split broadly evenly between new builds and conversions, with each of our collection and conversion-focused brands – voco, Vignette, Garner and Noted – continuing their rapid expansion around the world.
SEC original ↗InterContinental Hotels Group — Earnings release (6-K report)6-KOct 22, 2026
Risks & headwinds
By their nature, forward-looking statements are inherently predictive, speculative and involve risk and uncertainty.
SEC original ↗InterContinental Hotels Group — Earnings release (6-K report)6-KOct 22, 2026
Competitors
Competitors & peers
Same GICS sector — classification peers, not declared competitors
Filings
32 documentsEarnings releases
0 documentsNo earnings releases for InterContinental Hotels Group are held in this edition of the library.
Presentations
0 documentsNo presentations for InterContinental Hotels Group are held in this edition of the library.
Transcripts
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