Insider Buying: J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) Insider Buys 24 Shares of Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider John Hutson purchased 24 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 21st. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 624 per share, with a total value of £149.76.

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

• On Tuesday, October 21st, John Hutson bought 24 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 632 per share, with a total value of £151.68.
• On Monday, September 29th, John Hutson bought 22 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 683 per share, with a total value of £150.26.

J D Wetherspoon Stock Performance

Shares of LON:JDW traded up GBX 3 during trading hours on Friday, hitting GBX 630. The stock had a trading volume of 2,150,591 shares, compared to its average volume of 621,564. J D Wetherspoon plc has a 1-year low of GBX 526 and a 1-year high of GBX 814.50. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 651.07 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 706.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 283.19, a quick ratio of 0.19 and a current ratio of 0.35. The firm has a market capitalization of £664.06 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.09, a PEG ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.34.

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October 3rd. The company reported GBX 50.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. J D Wetherspoon had a return on equity of 12.66% and a net margin of 2.40%. Sell-side analysts anticipate that J D Wetherspoon plc will post 52.8508772 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on JDW shares. Shore Capital reissued a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. Peel Hunt reissued a “hold” rating and set a GBX 700 target price on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of GBX 595.

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.