J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) Insider Debbie Whittingham Acquires 21 Shares

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider Debbie Whittingham bought 21 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 18th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 732 ($9.04) per share, for a total transaction of £153.72 ($189.87).

J D Wetherspoon Price Performance

Shares of LON JDW opened at GBX 741.50 ($9.16) on Wednesday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 763.80 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 752.17. The company has a market cap of £916.64 million, a PE ratio of 2,317.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.30. The company has a quick ratio of 0.19, a current ratio of 0.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 317.46. J D Wetherspoon plc has a twelve month low of GBX 587 ($7.25) and a twelve month high of GBX 862.50 ($10.65).

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms recently issued reports on JDW. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their target price on J D Wetherspoon from GBX 900 ($11.12) to GBX 925 ($11.43) and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 20th. Shore Capital reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Friday, March 22nd. Finally, Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 925 ($11.43) target price on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Tuesday.

J D Wetherspoon Company Profile

J D Wetherspoon plc owns and operates pubs and hotels in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The company was founded in 1979 and is based in Watford, the United Kingdom.