Insider Buying: J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) Insider Purchases £151.40 in Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider Debbie Whittingham bought 20 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 14th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 757 per share, for a total transaction of £151.40.

J D Wetherspoon Stock Performance

LON JDW opened at GBX 755 on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 703.71 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 703.65. J D Wetherspoon plc has a 12-month low of GBX 526 and a 12-month high of GBX 814.50. The firm has a market cap of £795.82 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.29, a PEG ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a quick ratio of 0.19, a current ratio of 0.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 283.19.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on JDW shares. Peel Hunt reissued a “hold” rating and set a GBX 700 price objective on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th. Shore Capital reissued a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of GBX 595.

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.