J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) Stock Rating Reaffirmed as Hold by Shore Capital Group

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW)‘s stock had its “hold” rating restated by analysts at Shore Capital Group in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday, October 2nd, Digital Look reports. They currently have a GBX 813 target price on the stock. Shore Capital Group’s target price indicates a potential downside of 17.25% from the company’s previous close.

J D Wetherspoon Stock Down 1.9%

JDW stock traded down GBX 19.50 during trading on Friday, reaching GBX 982.50. The stock had a trading volume of 204,563 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,377,982. J D Wetherspoon has a 1-year low of GBX 530.50 and a 1-year high of GBX 1,026. The company has a current ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 0.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 353.03. The company has a market capitalization of £1.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.30, a PEG ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.13. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 829.24 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 711.73.

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