J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) Insider Purchases £154.95 in Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider John Hutson purchased 15 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 16th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 1,033 per share, for a total transaction of £154.95.

John Hutson also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, September 22nd, John Hutson purchased 18 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 818 per share, for a total transaction of £147.24.
• On Friday, August 14th, John Hutson purchased 18 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 829 per share, with a total value of £149.22.

J D Wetherspoon Stock Up 0.6%

Shares of LON JDW traded up GBX 6 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching GBX 1,031. The company had a trading volume of 478,292 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,326,508. J D Wetherspoon plc has a twelve month low of GBX 530.50 and a twelve month high of GBX 1,039. The stock’s 50 day moving average is GBX 849.18 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 726.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 353.03, a quick ratio of 0.19 and a current ratio of 0.23. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.09 billion, a PE ratio of 18.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.13.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently weighed in on JDW. Shore Capital Group restated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 813 target price on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research note on Friday, October 2nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price target on shares of J D Wetherspoon from GBX 460 to GBX 540 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research note on Friday, October 2nd. Finally, Peel Hunt reaffirmed a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 800 target price on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a 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 MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 748.25.

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.