J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) Insider Sells £11,929.60 in Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW – Get Free Report) insider Ben Thorne sold 1,165 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock in a transaction on Friday, November 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 1,024, for a total transaction of £11,929.60.

J D Wetherspoon Trading Down 1.9%

Shares of LON JDW opened at GBX 1,016 on Friday. J D Wetherspoon plc has a 1 year low of GBX 530.50 and a 1 year high of GBX 1,086. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 353.03, a current ratio of 0.23 and a quick ratio of 0.19. The stock has a market cap of £1.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.13. The firm has a 50-day moving average of GBX 915.33 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 741.05.

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Friday, October 2nd. The company reported GBX 51.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. J D Wetherspoon had a net margin of 2.70% and a return on equity of 17.99%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that J D Wetherspoon plc will post 52.85 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

JDW has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 840 target price on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research note on Wednesday. Shore Capital Group reaffirmed a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 813 price objective on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research note on Friday, October 2nd. Finally, Peel Hunt restated a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of GBX 704.33.

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J D Wetherspoon Company Profile

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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.

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