J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) Insider Buys £151.44 in Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW - Get Free Report) insider Nigel Connor acquired 24 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 24th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 631 ($8.46) per share, for a total transaction of £151.44 ($203.11).

J D Wetherspoon Stock Performance

Shares of LON:JDW traded up GBX 7.50 ($0.10) during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting GBX 653.50 ($8.76). The stock had a trading volume of 750,231 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,045,796. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 588.09 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 610.40. J D Wetherspoon plc has a 1-year low of GBX 526 ($7.05) and a 1-year high of GBX 812.50 ($10.90). The firm has a market capitalization of £766.62 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.63, a PEG ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 283.19, a quick ratio of 0.19 and a current ratio of 0.35.

J D Wetherspoon Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 1st will be issued a dividend of GBX 4 ($0.05) per share. This represents a yield of 0.67%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 1st. J D Wetherspoon's payout ratio is 30.53%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Shore Capital restated a "hold" rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research note on Friday, March 21st.

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.