Ben Whitley Purchases 20 Shares of J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider Ben Whitley bought 20 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 18th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 751 ($9.54) per share, for a total transaction of £150.20 ($190.85).

J D Wetherspoon Stock Down 0.1 %

Shares of LON:JDW opened at GBX 742 ($9.43) on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 317.46, a current ratio of 0.34 and a quick ratio of 0.19. The firm has a market capitalization of £917.26 million, a PE ratio of 2,318.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.28. The firm’s 50-day moving average is GBX 754.88 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 777.48. J D Wetherspoon plc has a 1 year low of GBX 587 ($7.46) and a 1 year high of GBX 862.50 ($10.96).

Analysts Set New Price Targets

JDW has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a GBX 172 ($2.19) target price on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Tuesday, June 11th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 925 ($11.75) target price on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Tuesday, April 23rd. Finally, Shore Capital reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Wednesday, May 8th.

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.