Ben Whitley Buys 24 Shares of J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider Ben Whitley purchased 24 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 14th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 635 per share, for a total transaction of £152.40.

Ben Whitley also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, March 12th, Ben Whitley purchased 22 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 671 per share, for a total transaction of £147.62.
• On Thursday, February 19th, Ben Whitley purchased 20 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 764 per share, for a total transaction of £152.80.
• On Monday, January 26th, Ben Whitley sold 6,931 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 679, for a total value of £47,061.49.

J D Wetherspoon Trading Up 0.2%

LON:JDW opened at GBX 641.50 on Wednesday. J D Wetherspoon plc has a 1-year low of GBX 530.50 and a 1-year high of GBX 814.50. The business’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 663.11 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 675.44. The company has a current ratio of 0.30, a quick ratio of 0.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 358.49. The firm has a market capitalization of £676.18 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.29, a PEG ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.11.

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) last issued its earnings results on Friday, March 20th. The company reported GBX 15.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. J D Wetherspoon had a return on equity of 15.81% and a net margin of 2.52%. On average, equities analysts expect that J D Wetherspoon plc will post 52.8508772 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have issued reports on JDW. Shore Capital Group restated a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a report on Friday, March 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their target price on J D Wetherspoon from GBX 490 to GBX 460 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, March 23rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, J D Wetherspoon has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of GBX 580.

About J D Wetherspoon

J D Wetherspoon owns and operates pubs and hotels throughout the UK and Ireland. The company aims to provide customers with good-quality food and drinks, served by well-trained and friendly staff, at reasonable prices.

The pubs are individually designed, and the company aims to maintain them in excellent condition.