J D Wetherspoon’s (JDW) “Buy” Rating Reiterated at Jefferies Financial Group

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW)‘s stock had its “buy” rating restated by investment analysts at Jefferies Financial Group in a research note issued on Wednesday,Digital Look reports. They presently have a GBX 840 target price on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s price target would suggest a potential upside of 42.61% from the company’s current price.

A number of other analysts have also weighed in on JDW. Shore Capital Group restated a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research note on Friday, March 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their price objective on J D Wetherspoon from GBX 490 to GBX 460 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, March 23rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 666.67.

J D Wetherspoon Price Performance

LON JDW traded up GBX 6 during trading on Wednesday, reaching GBX 589. 579,497 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 4,687,229. 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’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 633.02 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 672.30. The company has a market cap of £620.84 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.37, a P/E/G ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.11. J D Wetherspoon has a 1-year low of GBX 530.50 and a 1-year high of GBX 814.50.

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March 20th. The company reported GBX 15.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. J D Wetherspoon had a net margin of 2.52% and a return on equity of 15.81%. As a group, analysts anticipate that J D Wetherspoon will post 52.8508772 EPS for the current year.

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.