J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW – Get Free Report)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reissued by equities researchers at Jefferies Financial Group in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, Digital Look reports. They currently have a GBX 840 price objective on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group‘s target price would indicate a potential downside of 16.54% from the company’s current price.
Several other equities analysts have also issued reports on the company. Peel Hunt reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a report on Friday, October 2nd. Shore Capital Group reiterated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 813 target price on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. One 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. According to data from MarketBeat, J D Wetherspoon has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of GBX 703.25.
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J D Wetherspoon Trading Down 1.8%
LON JDW opened at GBX 1,006.52 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 353.03, a current ratio of 0.23 and a quick ratio of 0.19. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 907.88 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 738.22. The company has a market capitalization of £1.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.13. J D Wetherspoon has a 12 month low of GBX 530.50 and a 12 month high of GBX 1,086.
J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly 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%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that J D Wetherspoon will post 52.85 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
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.
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