J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) Stock: Insider Ben Whitley Acquires 14 Shares

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider Ben Whitley purchased 14 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, October 16th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 1,033 per share, with a total value of £144.62.

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

• On Tuesday, September 22nd, Ben Whitley purchased 19 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 818 per share, for a total transaction of £155.42.

J D Wetherspoon Price Performance

LON:JDW traded up GBX 6 during trading hours on Friday, hitting GBX 1,031. 478,292 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,326,508. The firm has a market cap of £1.09 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.15, a P/E/G ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.13. J D Wetherspoon plc has a 52 week low of GBX 530.50 and a 52 week high of GBX 1,039. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 849.18 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 726.51. The company has a quick ratio of 0.19, a current ratio of 0.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 353.03.

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) last posted its earnings results on Friday, October 2nd. The company reported GBX 51.60 EPS for the quarter. J D Wetherspoon had a return on equity of 17.99% and a net margin of 2.70%. On average, research analysts anticipate that J D Wetherspoon plc will post 52.85 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently weighed in on JDW. Peel Hunt restated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 800 price objective on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. Shore Capital Group reissued a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 813 price target on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research note on Friday, October 2nd. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price target on shares of J D Wetherspoon from GBX 460 to GBX 540 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a report on Friday, October 2nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 748.25.

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.