Insider Buying: J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) Insider Buys £151.40 in Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider Ben Whitley acquired 20 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 14th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 757 per share, for a total transaction of £151.40.

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

• On Friday, November 21st, Ben Whitley bought 24 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 624 per share, for a total transaction of £149.76.

J D Wetherspoon Stock Performance

JDW stock opened at GBX 755 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 283.19, a quick ratio of 0.19 and a current ratio of 0.35. The firm has a market cap of £795.82 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.29, a PEG ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.34. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 703.71 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 703.65. J D Wetherspoon plc has a one year low of GBX 526 and a one year high of GBX 814.50.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on JDW. Peel Hunt restated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 700 target price on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th. Shore Capital restated a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, J D Wetherspoon has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average price target of GBX 595.

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.