J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) Insider Purchases £150.40 in Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider John Hutson acquired 20 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 18th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 752 ($9.73) per share, with a total value of £150.40 ($194.52).

J D Wetherspoon Trading Down 1.6 %

Shares of LON:JDW opened at GBX 730 ($9.44) on Thursday. J D Wetherspoon plc has a 52-week low of GBX 587 ($7.59) and a 52-week high of GBX 862.50 ($11.15). The company has a market capitalization of £902.43 million, a P/E ratio of 2,310.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.28. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 760.64 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 772.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 317.46, a quick ratio of 0.19 and a current ratio of 0.34.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have recently commented on JDW. JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated an “overweight” rating and set a GBX 172 ($2.22) price objective on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research note on Tuesday, June 11th. Shore Capital reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research note on Wednesday, May 8th. Finally, Citigroup reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 925 ($11.96) target price on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research note on Tuesday, April 23rd.

J D Wetherspoon Company Profile

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.