whitbread plc released results for fiscal 2022 on thursday heres what you need to know pretax profit the owner of budget hotel chain premier inn posted a swing to a pretax profit of 582 million pounds 73 million for the 53 weeks ended march 3 beating factset consensus estimates which had forecast a narrowed pretax loss of gbp533 million in fiscal 2021 the company posted a pretax loss of gbp101 billion revenue whitbread also beat revenue consensus forecasts as it reported a rise to gbp170 billion compared with gbp5894 million in fiscal 2021 revenue consensus for the year taken from factset and based on 21 analysts forecasts was gbp167 billion germany the company said it expects to report a pretax loss for its german operations in fiscal 2023 in the gbp60 million to gbp70 million range whitbread said this reflected the slower recovery of the hotel market in the country as the governments pandemic restrictions lasted longer than in the uk still the company said it is wellplaced to accelerate its growth in germany and that the opportunity for it to create value in the country remained compelling dividends the hotel operator said it is reinstating dividend payments and declared a final dividend of 347 pence a share whitbread said this was on the back of its strong balance sheet encouraging performance and confidence in its outlook