J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) Insider Acquires £151 in Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider Ben Whitley purchased 25 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 21st. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 604 ($7.57) per share, with a total value of £151 ($189.29).

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

• On Monday, October 21st, Ben Whitley bought 21 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 718 ($9.00) per share, for a total transaction of £150.78 ($189.02).

J D Wetherspoon Price Performance

J D Wetherspoon stock opened at GBX 616 ($7.72) on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 284.38, a quick ratio of 0.19 and a current ratio of 0.35. The stock has a market capitalization of £761.50 million, a P/E ratio of 1,579.49, a P/E/G ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.34. J D Wetherspoon plc has a 1 year low of GBX 590 ($7.40) and a 1 year high of GBX 862.50 ($10.81). The company’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 680.22 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 726.95.

J D Wetherspoon Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, November 28th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 24th will be paid a dividend of GBX 12 ($0.15) per share. This represents a yield of 1.64%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 24th. This is a boost from J D Wetherspoon’s previous dividend of $8.00. J D Wetherspoon’s dividend payout ratio is currently 3,076.92%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Shore Capital reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a report 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.