J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) Stock: Insider Nigel Connor Purchases 14 Shares

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider Nigel Connor bought 14 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, October 16th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 1,033 per share, for a total transaction of £144.62.

J D Wetherspoon Stock Performance

Shares of JDW traded up GBX 6 during trading hours on Friday, reaching GBX 1,031. 478,292 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,326,508. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.15, a P/E/G ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 353.03, a current ratio of 0.23 and a quick ratio of 0.19. J D Wetherspoon plc has a twelve month low of GBX 530.50 and a twelve month high of GBX 1,039. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 849.18 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 726.51.

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 2nd. The company reported GBX 51.60 earnings per share for the quarter. J D Wetherspoon had a net margin of 2.70% and a return on equity of 17.99%. Analysts predict that J D Wetherspoon plc will post 52.85 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have commented on the stock. Shore Capital Group reissued a “hold” rating and set a GBX 813 target price on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research note on Friday, October 2nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price target on shares of J D Wetherspoon from GBX 460 to GBX 540 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. Finally, Peel Hunt reaffirmed a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 800 price target on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research note on Friday, October 2nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of GBX 748.25.

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.