J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) Insider Nigel Connor Buys 24 Shares of Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider Nigel Connor acquired 24 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 14th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 635 per share, with a total value of £152.40.

Nigel Connor also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, February 19th, Nigel Connor purchased 20 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 764 per share, with a total value of £152.80.

J D Wetherspoon Trading Down 0.3%

J D Wetherspoon stock opened at GBX 638.42 on Thursday. J D Wetherspoon plc has a 52 week low of GBX 530.50 and a 52 week high of GBX 814.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 358.49, a quick ratio of 0.19 and a current ratio of 0.30. The stock has a market capitalization of £672.93 million, a P/E ratio of 11.24, a PEG ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.11. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 662.19 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 675.14.

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) last posted its quarterly 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 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently commented on the company. Shore Capital Group reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a report on Friday, March 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price target on 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 equities 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 stock has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average 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.