J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) Insider Purchases £145 in Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider Ben Whitley acquired 20 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 16th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 725 per share, for a total transaction of £145.

Ben Whitley also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, May 13th, Ben Whitley bought 25 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 597 per share, with a total value of £149.25.

J D Wetherspoon Stock Up 0.4%

LON JDW opened at GBX 745 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 660.11 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 667.27. The stock has a market capitalization of £785.27 million, a PE ratio of 13.12, a PEG ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.11. J D Wetherspoon plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 530.50 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 814.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 358.49, a current ratio of 0.30 and a quick ratio of 0.19.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

JDW has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “sell” rating and set a GBX 460 price objective on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 840 target price on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, J D Wetherspoon has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of GBX 666.67.

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.