J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW - Get Free Report) insider Ben Whitley purchased 25 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 21st. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 604 ($7.57) per share, for a total transaction of £151 ($189.29).
Ben Whitley also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Monday, October 21st, Ben Whitley purchased 21 shares of J D Wetherspoon stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 718 ($9.00) per share, for a total transaction of £150.78 ($189.02).
J D Wetherspoon Trading Up 0.2 %
JDW traded up GBX 1.50 ($0.02) during trading on Friday, hitting GBX 616 ($7.72). 165,920 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 348,736. 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 firm has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 680.22 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 726.95. The firm has a market cap of £761.50 million, a price-to-earnings 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).
J D Wetherspoon Increases Dividend
The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, November 28th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 24th will be given a dividend of GBX 12 ($0.15) per share. This is an increase from J D Wetherspoon's previous dividend of $8.00. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 24th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.64%. J D Wetherspoon's dividend payout ratio is presently 3,076.92%.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Separately, Shore Capital reissued a "hold" rating on shares of J D Wetherspoon in a research report on Friday, October 4th.
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About J D Wetherspoon
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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.
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