John Hutson Acquires 26 Shares of J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider John Hutson purchased 26 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 24th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 560 ($7.25) per share, for a total transaction of £145.60 ($188.50).

J D Wetherspoon Trading Up 0.2 %

JDW opened at GBX 561 ($7.26) on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is GBX 596.70 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 632.11. The firm has a market cap of £658.11 million, a PE ratio of 14.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.34. J D Wetherspoon plc has a twelve month low of GBX 526 ($6.81) and a twelve month high of GBX 812.50 ($10.52). 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. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 1st will be issued a dividend of GBX 4 ($0.05) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 1st. This represents a yield of 0.67%. J D Wetherspoon’s dividend payout ratio is presently 30.53%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Shore Capital restated a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a report on Friday, March 21st.

About J D Wetherspoon

J D Wetherspoon plc owns and operates pubs and hotels in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The company was founded in 1979 and is based in Watford, the United Kingdom.