J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) Posts Earnings Results

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) announced its earnings results on Friday. The company reported GBX 15.50 EPS for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. J D Wetherspoon had a net margin of 3.20% and a return on equity of 18.03%.

J D Wetherspoon Trading Down 12.5%

J D Wetherspoon stock opened at GBX 543.32 on Friday. The company has a market cap of £572.69 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.57, a P/E/G ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.01. The firm has a 50-day moving average of GBX 707.12 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 686.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 330.94, a current ratio of 0.28 and a quick ratio of 0.19. J D Wetherspoon has a one year low of GBX 526 and a one year high of GBX 814.50.

Insider Buying and Selling at J D Wetherspoon

In other news, insider Ben Whitley sold 6,931 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 679, for a total transaction of £47,061.49. Over the last quarter, insiders purchased 144 shares of company stock worth $105,551. 29.89% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.