Insider Buying: J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) Insider Buys £154.95 in Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider John Hutson purchased 15 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock in a transaction on Friday, October 16th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 1,033 per share, for a total transaction of £154.95.

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

• On Tuesday, September 22nd, John Hutson acquired 18 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 818 per share, with a total value of £147.24.
• On Friday, August 14th, John Hutson acquired 18 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 829 per share, with a total value of £149.22.

J D Wetherspoon Price Performance

J D Wetherspoon stock opened at GBX 1,032 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.19, a current ratio of 0.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 353.03. The firm has a fifty day moving average of GBX 853.54 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 729.72. J D Wetherspoon plc has a 52-week low of GBX 530.50 and a 52-week high of GBX 1,039. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.09 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.17, a PEG ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.13.

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) last released its earnings results on Friday, October 2nd. The company reported GBX 51.60 EPS for the quarter. J D Wetherspoon had a net margin of 2.70% and a return on equity of 17.99%. As a group, analysts predict that J D Wetherspoon plc will post 52.85 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently commented on JDW. Peel Hunt reiterated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 800 price objective on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. Shore Capital Group restated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 813 target price on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a report on Friday, October 2nd. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their target price on J D Wetherspoon from GBX 460 to GBX 540 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, J D Wetherspoon presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of GBX 748.25.

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.