J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) Insider John Hutson Purchases 23 Shares of Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider John Hutson bought 23 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 14th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 635 per share, with a total value of £146.05.

John Hutson also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, March 12th, John Hutson bought 23 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 671 per share, with a total value of £154.33.
• On Thursday, February 19th, John Hutson bought 19 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 764 per share, with a total value of £145.16.

J D Wetherspoon Price Performance

J D Wetherspoon stock opened at GBX 638.42 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 0.30, a quick ratio of 0.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 358.49. The company has a market capitalization of £672.93 million, a PE ratio of 11.24, a P/E/G ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.11. J D Wetherspoon plc has a 12 month low of GBX 530.50 and a 12 month high of GBX 814.50. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 662.19 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 675.14.

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) last posted its earnings results on Friday, March 20th. The company reported GBX 15.50 EPS for the quarter. J D Wetherspoon had a return on equity of 15.81% and a net margin of 2.52%. Analysts expect that J D Wetherspoon plc will post 52.8508772 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on JDW shares. Shore Capital Group restated a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Friday, March 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price objective on J D Wetherspoon from GBX 490 to GBX 460 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research 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. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of GBX 580.

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.