J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) Insider Ben Whitley Acquires 24 Shares

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider Ben Whitley purchased 24 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 14th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 635 per share, with a total value of £152.40.

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

• On Thursday, March 12th, Ben Whitley purchased 22 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 671 per share, with a total value of £147.62.
• On Thursday, February 19th, Ben Whitley purchased 20 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 764 per share, with a total value of £152.80.
• On Monday, January 26th, Ben Whitley sold 6,931 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 679, for a total transaction of £47,061.49.

J D Wetherspoon Trading Down 0.3%

Shares of LON JDW opened at GBX 638.42 on Thursday. J D Wetherspoon plc has a 1 year low of GBX 530.50 and a 1 year high of GBX 814.50. The stock has a market cap of £672.93 million, a P/E ratio of 11.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.11. The firm has a 50-day moving average of GBX 662.19 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 675.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 358.49, a current ratio of 0.30 and a quick ratio of 0.19.

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March 20th. The company reported GBX 15.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. J D Wetherspoon had a net margin of 2.52% and a return on equity of 15.81%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that J D Wetherspoon plc will post 52.8508772 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on JDW. Shore Capital Group reissued a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Friday, March 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their target price on shares of J D Wetherspoon from GBX 490 to GBX 460 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a report on Monday, March 23rd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average price target of GBX 580.

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.