J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) Insider Buys £147.24 in Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider John Hutson purchased 18 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 22nd. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 818 per share, for a total transaction of £147.24.

John Hutson also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, August 14th, John Hutson purchased 18 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 829 per share, with a total value of £149.22.
• On Thursday, July 16th, John Hutson acquired 21 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 725 per share, with a total value of £152.25.

J D Wetherspoon Stock Performance

Shares of JDW stock opened at GBX 810.50 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is GBX 802.32 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 695.34. The firm has a market cap of £854.32 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.27, a PEG ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.13. J D Wetherspoon plc has a 1 year low of GBX 530.50 and a 1 year high of GBX 865. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 358.49, a quick ratio of 0.19 and a current ratio of 0.30.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Shore Capital Group restated a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research note on Wednesday, July 22nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 666.67.

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.