J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) Insider Purchases £151.50 in Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider Ben Whitley acquired 25 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 17th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 606 ($7.70) per share, with a total value of £151.50 ($192.60).

Ben Whitley also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, November 21st, Ben Whitley acquired 25 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 604 ($7.68) per share, with a total value of £151 ($191.97).
• On Monday, October 21st, Ben Whitley acquired 21 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 718 ($9.13) per share, for a total transaction of £150.78 ($191.69).

J D Wetherspoon Price Performance

LON:JDW traded up GBX 1.50 ($0.02) during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching GBX 601.50 ($7.65). 1,201,808 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 372,891. The company has a quick ratio of 0.19, a current ratio of 0.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 284.38. The stock has a market cap of £743.57 million, a PE ratio of 1,547.44, a PEG ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 647.31 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 708.33. J D Wetherspoon plc has a 12 month low of GBX 590 ($7.50) and a 12 month high of GBX 862.50 ($10.96).

J D Wetherspoon Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 28th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 24th were issued a dividend of GBX 12 ($0.15) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 24th. This is a positive change from J D Wetherspoon’s previous dividend of $8.00. This represents a yield of 1.64%. J D Wetherspoon’s payout ratio is currently 3,076.92%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Shore Capital reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research note on Friday, October 4th.

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.