J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) Given “Hold” Rating at Peel Hunt

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW)‘s stock had its “hold” rating reissued by investment analysts at Peel Hunt in a report issued on Friday, October 2nd, MarketBeat reports.

Separately, Shore Capital Group reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 813 price objective on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a report on Friday, October 2nd. One 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 data from MarketBeat.com, J D Wetherspoon presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 748.25.

J D Wetherspoon Trading Up 1.4%

Shares of LON:JDW traded up GBX 15 during midday trading on Friday, hitting GBX 1,050. 157,339 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,275,612. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.11 billion, a PE ratio of 18.49, a P/E/G ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.13. The business’s 50 day moving average is GBX 890 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 732.26. 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 one year low of GBX 530.50 and a one year high of GBX 1,070.

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) last posted its earnings results 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%. As a group, research analysts forecast that J D Wetherspoon will post 52.85 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.