J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW - Get Free Report) insider Nigel Connor purchased 14 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 16th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 1,033 per share, for a total transaction of £144.62.
J D Wetherspoon Stock Performance
LON:JDW traded up GBX 6 during midday trading on Friday, reaching GBX 1,031. 478,292 shares of the company traded hands, 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 firm has a market capitalization of £1.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.13. 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 company has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 849.18 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 726.51.
J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW - Get Free Report) last issued 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%. On average, analysts expect that J D Wetherspoon plc will post 52.85 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several analysts recently weighed in on JDW shares. Shore Capital Group reiterated a "hold" rating and issued a GBX 813 price objective on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their target price on shares of J D Wetherspoon from GBX 460 to GBX 540 and gave the stock a "sell" rating in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. Finally, Peel Hunt restated a "hold" rating and issued a GBX 800 target price on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, J D Wetherspoon has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of GBX 748.25.
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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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