J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) Insider Ben Whitley Buys 21 Shares

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider Ben Whitley purchased 21 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock in a transaction on Monday, October 21st. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 718 ($9.32) per share, with a total value of £150.78 ($195.77).

J D Wetherspoon Stock Down 0.5 %

JDW opened at GBX 690 ($8.96) on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of £852.98 million, a P/E ratio of 1,769.23, a P/E/G ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 284.38, a current ratio of 0.35 and a quick ratio of 0.19. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 726.95 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 742.05. J D Wetherspoon plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 587 ($7.62) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 862.50 ($11.20).

J D Wetherspoon Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, November 28th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 24th will be given a dividend of GBX 12 ($0.16) per share. This is a positive change from J D Wetherspoon’s previous dividend of $8.00. This represents a dividend yield of 1.64%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 24th. J D Wetherspoon’s payout ratio is 3,076.92%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Shore Capital reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research note on Friday, October 4th.

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.