Insider Buying: J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) Insider Purchases 25 Shares of Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider Ben Whitley bought 25 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 17th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 606 ($7.62) per share, with a total value of £151.50 ($190.47).

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

• On Thursday, November 21st, Ben Whitley purchased 25 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 604 ($7.59) per share, with a total value of £151 ($189.84).
• On Monday, October 21st, Ben Whitley acquired 21 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 718 ($9.03) per share, for a total transaction of £150.78 ($189.56).

J D Wetherspoon Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of LON:JDW opened at GBX 601.50 ($7.56) on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of £743.57 million, a PE ratio of 1,542.31, a P/E/G ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a current ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 0.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 284.38. J D Wetherspoon plc has a 12-month low of GBX 590 ($7.42) and a 12-month high of GBX 862.50 ($10.84). The business’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 647.31 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 708.33.

J D Wetherspoon Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 28th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 24th were paid a GBX 12 ($0.15) dividend. This represents a yield of 1.64%. 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. J D Wetherspoon’s payout ratio is 3,076.92%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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

About J D Wetherspoon

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.