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

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) insider Ben Whitley bought 25 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 17th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 606 ($7.62) per share, for a total transaction 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 acquired 21 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 718 ($9.02) per share, for a total transaction of £150.78 ($189.49).

J D Wetherspoon Stock Performance

Shares of LON JDW opened at GBX 607.50 ($7.63) 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 50 day moving average price of GBX 639.98 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 705.28. The stock has a market capitalization of £750.99 million, a PE ratio of 1,557.69, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.34. J D Wetherspoon plc has a 52 week low of GBX 590 ($7.41) and a 52 week high of GBX 862.50 ($10.84).

J D Wetherspoon Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 28th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 24th were issued a GBX 12 ($0.15) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 1.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 24th. This is an increase from J D Wetherspoon’s previous dividend of $8.00. J D Wetherspoon’s dividend payout ratio is presently 3,076.92%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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