Key Points
- Insider buying: John Hutson purchased 15 J D Wetherspoon shares at GBX 1,033 each, worth £154.95. He also bought shares in August and September.
- Stock performance: JDW shares opened at GBX 1,032 and were up 0.7%, near their 52-week high of GBX 1,039. The company has a £1.09 billion market capitalization.
- Analyst outlook: Analysts maintain an overall “Hold” rating, with an average price target of GBX 748.25; ratings include one Buy, two Holds, and one Sell.
J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW - Get Free Report) insider Nigel Connor purchased 14 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 16th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 1,033 per share, for a total transaction of £144.62.
J D Wetherspoon Trading Up 0.7%
Shares of LON:JDW opened at GBX 1,032 on Friday. 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 plc has a 1 year low of GBX 530.50 and a 1 year high of GBX 1,039. The company has a market cap of £1.09 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.17, a PEG ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.13. The stock's fifty day moving average price is GBX 853.54 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 728.64.
J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 2nd. The company reported GBX 51.60 EPS for the quarter. J D Wetherspoon had a return on equity of 17.99% and a net margin of 2.70%. Sell-side analysts expect that J D Wetherspoon plc will post 52.85 earnings per share for the current year.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price target on shares of J D Wetherspoon from GBX 460 to GBX 540 and gave the company a "sell" rating in a report on Friday, October 2nd. Shore Capital Group restated a "hold" rating and issued a GBX 813 target price on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a report on Friday, October 2nd. Finally, Peel Hunt reaffirmed a "hold" rating and issued a GBX 800 target price on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of GBX 748.25.
Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on J D Wetherspoon
J D Wetherspoon Company Profile
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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.
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