J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) Given Hold Rating at Peel Hunt

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW)‘s stock had its “hold” rating reiterated by stock analysts at Peel Hunt in a research note issued on Friday, Digital Look reports. They presently have a GBX 800 target price on the stock. Peel Hunt’s price objective points to a potential downside of 8.05% from the company’s current price.

Separately, Shore Capital Group restated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 813 target price on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Friday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, J D Wetherspoon currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of GBX 728.25.

J D Wetherspoon Price Performance

Shares of LON JDW opened at GBX 870 on Friday. J D Wetherspoon has a twelve month low of GBX 530.50 and a twelve month high of GBX 885.50. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 808.53 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 699.92. The company has a market capitalization of £917.03 million, a PE ratio of 15.32, a P/E/G ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.13. The company has a quick ratio of 0.19, a current ratio of 0.30 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 358.49.

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October 2nd. The company reported GBX 51.60 EPS for the quarter. J D Wetherspoon had a net margin of 2.52% and a return on equity of 15.81%. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that J D Wetherspoon will post 52.8508772 EPS for the current year.

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.