J D Wetherspoon’s (JDW) “Hold” Rating Reaffirmed at Shore Capital Group

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW)‘s stock had its “hold” rating reiterated by equities research analysts at Shore Capital Group in a research note issued to investors on Friday, Digital Look reports. They presently have a GBX 813 price objective on the stock. Shore Capital Group’s price objective points to a potential downside of 15.53% from the company’s current price.

J D Wetherspoon Stock Up 1.0%

LON:JDW traded up GBX 10 during trading hours on Friday, reaching GBX 962.50. 352,208 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,410,992. The stock has a market cap of £1.01 billion, a PE ratio of 16.95, a PEG ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.13. J D Wetherspoon has a twelve month low of GBX 530.50 and a twelve month high of GBX 969. The firm has a 50 day moving average of GBX 816.28 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 703.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 353.03, a current ratio of 0.23 and a quick ratio of 0.19.

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 2nd. The company reported GBX 51.60 EPS for the quarter. J D Wetherspoon had a net margin of 2.70% and a return on equity of 17.99%. On average, equities analysts expect that J D Wetherspoon will post 52.8508772 earnings per share for the current 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.