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

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider Ben Thorne sold 1,165 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock in a transaction that occurred 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 Price Performance

JDW stock opened at GBX 1,016 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 353.03, a current ratio of 0.23 and a quick ratio of 0.19. J D Wetherspoon plc has a one year low of GBX 530.50 and a one year high of GBX 1,086. The stock has a market cap of £1.07 billion, a PE ratio of 17.89, a P/E/G ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.13. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 918.57 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 742.35.

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 2nd. The company reported GBX 51.60 earnings per share for the quarter. J D Wetherspoon had a net margin of 2.70% and a return on equity of 17.99%. On average, analysts predict that J D Wetherspoon plc will post 52.85 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

JDW has been the topic of a number of research reports. Peel Hunt restated a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. Shore Capital Group reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a GBX 813 price target on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research note on Friday, October 2nd. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 840 price objective on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a report on Wednesday, November 4th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of GBX 704.33.

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.