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

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider Ben Whitley purchased 25 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock in a transaction that occurred 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 ($190.40).

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 price of GBX 604 ($7.59) per share, for a total transaction of £151 ($189.77).
• On Monday, October 21st, Ben Whitley bought 21 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 718 ($9.02) per share, with a total value of £150.78 ($189.49).

J D Wetherspoon Stock Up 0.1 %

J D Wetherspoon stock opened at GBX 607.50 ($7.63) on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 639.98 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 705.28. 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 £750.99 million, a P/E ratio of 1,557.69, a P/E/G ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.34. J D Wetherspoon plc has a twelve month low of GBX 590 ($7.41) and a twelve month high of GBX 862.50 ($10.84).

J D Wetherspoon Increases Dividend

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Shore Capital reaffirmed 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.