J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) Insider Ben Whitley Purchases 25 Shares of Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider Ben Whitley bought 25 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 17th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 606 ($7.62) per share, for a total transaction of £151.50 ($190.47).

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

• On Thursday, November 21st, Ben Whitley acquired 25 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 604 ($7.59) per share, for a total transaction of £151 ($189.84).
• On Monday, October 21st, Ben Whitley purchased 21 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 718 ($9.03) per share, for a total transaction of £150.78 ($189.56).

J D Wetherspoon Price Performance

LON:JDW opened at GBX 601.50 ($7.56) on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of £743.57 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,542.31, a PEG ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 284.38, a current ratio of 0.35 and a quick ratio of 0.19. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 647.31 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 708.33. J D Wetherspoon plc has a 1 year low of GBX 590 ($7.42) and a 1 year high of GBX 862.50 ($10.84).

J D Wetherspoon Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 28th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 24th were given a GBX 12 ($0.15) dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, October 24th. This is an increase from J D Wetherspoon’s previous dividend of $8.00. This represents a yield of 1.64%. J D Wetherspoon’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 3,076.92%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Shore Capital reissued a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research note on Friday, October 4th.

J D Wetherspoon Company Profile

J D Wetherspoon plc owns and operates pubs and hotels in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The company was founded in 1979 and is based in Watford, the United Kingdom.