John Hutson Buys 26 Shares of J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) Stock

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider John Hutson bought 26 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 24th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 560 ($7.21) per share, with a total value of £145.60 ($187.46).

J D Wetherspoon Stock Performance

Shares of JDW stock opened at GBX 560.50 ($7.22) on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 283.19, a current ratio of 0.35 and a quick ratio of 0.19. The company’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 597.58 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 633.18. The firm has a market capitalization of £657.52 million, a P/E ratio of 14.26, a P/E/G ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.34. J D Wetherspoon plc has a 12 month low of GBX 526 ($6.77) and a 12 month high of GBX 812.50 ($10.46).

J D Wetherspoon Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 1st will be issued a GBX 4 ($0.05) dividend. This represents a yield of 0.67%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 1st. J D Wetherspoon’s dividend payout ratio is currently 30.53%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Shore Capital restated a “hold” rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a report on Friday, March 21st.

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.