J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) Stock Keeps Hold Rating at Peel Hunt

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW)‘s stock had its “hold” rating reiterated by analysts at Peel Hunt in a report issued on Friday, October 2nd, Digital Look reports. They currently have a GBX 800 price target on the stock. Peel Hunt’s price objective suggests a potential downside of 18.58% from the company’s current price.

Separately, Shore Capital Group restated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 813 price objective on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of GBX 748.25.

J D Wetherspoon Price Performance

LON:JDW traded down GBX 19.50 during midday trading on Friday, hitting GBX 982.50. The company had a trading volume of 204,563 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,377,982. The company has a market capitalization of £1.04 billion, a PE ratio of 17.30, a P/E/G ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.13. The company has a quick ratio of 0.19, a current ratio of 0.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 353.03. J D Wetherspoon has a 52-week low of GBX 530.50 and a 52-week high of GBX 1,026. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 829.24 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 711.73.

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 2nd. The company reported GBX 51.60 earnings per share (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, research analysts expect that J D Wetherspoon will post 52.8508772 earnings per share for the current year.

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.