J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) Insider Debbie Whittingham Acquires 21 Shares

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider Debbie Whittingham bought 21 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 18th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 732 ($9.11) per share, for a total transaction of £153.72 ($191.36).

J D Wetherspoon Price Performance

Shares of LON JDW opened at GBX 739.50 ($9.21) on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of £914.17 million, a PE ratio of 2,300.00, a P/E/G ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.30. The company has a quick ratio of 0.19, a current ratio of 0.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 317.46. J D Wetherspoon plc has a twelve month low of GBX 587 ($7.31) and a twelve month high of GBX 862.50 ($10.74). The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 766.21 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 751.29.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on JDW shares. Shore Capital restated a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Friday, March 22nd. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price target on shares of J D Wetherspoon from GBX 900 ($11.20) to GBX 925 ($11.52) and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 20th.

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.