J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) Insider Harry Morley Acquires 7,500 Shares of Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider Harry Morley purchased 7,500 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 8th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 624 per share, with a total value of £46,800.

J D Wetherspoon Price Performance

LON JDW opened at GBX 634.50 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of £668.80 million, a PE ratio of 1,244.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.34. J D Wetherspoon plc has a 52 week low of GBX 526 and a 52 week high of GBX 814.50. The company has a quick ratio of 0.19, a current ratio of 0.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 283.19. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 699.44 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 696.79.

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 3rd. The company reported GBX 50.80 EPS for the quarter. J D Wetherspoon had a net margin of 2.40% and a return on equity of 12.66%. Research analysts predict that J D Wetherspoon plc will post 52.8508772 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

JDW has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Shore Capital restated a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a report on Monday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their target price on shares of J D Wetherspoon from GBX 450 to GBX 490 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a report on Friday, July 11th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of GBX 490.

J D Wetherspoon Company Profile

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.