Insider Buying: J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) Insider Buys 21 Shares of Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider Debbie Whittingham bought 21 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 18th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 732 ($9.04) per share, for a total transaction of £153.72 ($189.87).

J D Wetherspoon Price Performance

JDW stock opened at GBX 735.50 ($9.08) on Thursday. J D Wetherspoon plc has a 12-month low of GBX 587 ($7.25) and a 12-month high of GBX 862.50 ($10.65). The firm has a market cap of £909.23 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2,298.44, a PEG ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.30. The company has a quick ratio of 0.19, a current ratio of 0.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 317.46. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 762.58 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 752.06.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts recently weighed in on JDW shares. Shore Capital reissued a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research note on Friday, March 22nd. Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 925 ($11.43) price objective on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price objective on shares of J D Wetherspoon from GBX 900 ($11.12) to GBX 925 ($11.43) and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 20th.

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.