J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) Plans Dividend of GBX 4

J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) announced a dividend on Friday, March 21st, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 1st will be given a dividend of GBX 4 ($0.05) per share on Friday, May 30th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.67%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 1st. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

J D Wetherspoon Stock Performance

Shares of LON:JDW opened at GBX 541 ($6.99) on Friday. The firm has a market cap of £634.65 million, a PE ratio of 13.77, a PEG ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 1.34. J D Wetherspoon has a 12-month low of GBX 526 ($6.79) and a 12-month high of GBX 812.50 ($10.49). The company has a quick ratio of 0.19, a current ratio of 0.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 283.19. The company’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 599.65 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 637.51.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

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

J D Wetherspoon Company Profile

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.