J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) Given Hold Rating at Shore Capital Group

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW)‘s stock had its “hold” rating reissued by investment analysts at Shore Capital Group in a research report issued on Friday, Digital Look reports. They presently have a GBX 813 price target on the stock. Shore Capital Group’s target price would indicate a potential downside of 17.29% from the stock’s current price.

J D Wetherspoon Price Performance

Shares of LON JDW opened at GBX 983 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of £1.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.31, a PEG ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.13. J D Wetherspoon has a 52 week low of GBX 530.50 and a 52 week high of GBX 985. The company’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 820.35 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 706.03. The company has a current ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 0.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 353.03.

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) last announced its earnings results on Friday, October 2nd. The company reported GBX 51.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. J D Wetherspoon had a net margin of 2.70% and a return on equity of 17.99%. As a group, research analysts forecast that J D Wetherspoon will post 52.8508772 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.