J D Wetherspoon’s (JDW) Hold Rating Reiterated at Peel Hunt

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW)‘s stock had its “hold” rating reissued by investment analysts at Peel Hunt in a research note issued on Friday, Digital Look reports. They currently have a GBX 800 price target on the stock. Peel Hunt’s price target would indicate a potential downside of 16.01% from the stock’s current price.

Separately, Shore Capital Group reaffirmed a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 813 price target on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a report on Friday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, J D Wetherspoon currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 748.25.

J D Wetherspoon Price Performance

J D Wetherspoon stock traded up GBX 69 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching GBX 952.50. 965,545 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,421,715. The company has a market cap of £1.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.77, a PEG ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.13. The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 811.86 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 701.58. J D Wetherspoon has a 12-month low of GBX 530.50 and a 12-month high of GBX 955.50. 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 (LON:JDW) last announced its 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%. Equities analysts forecast that J D Wetherspoon will post 52.8508772 earnings per share for the current 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.