J D Wetherspoon plc

LSE:JDW Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£722.4m

J D Wetherspoon Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

LSE:JDW Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
02 Dec 24SellUK£256Martin GeogheganIndividual40UK£6.39
08 Nov 24BuyUK£7,957John HutsonIndividual1,254UK£6.35
01 Oct 24BuyUK£13,349Martin GeogheganIndividual1,799UK£7.42
01 Oct 24BuyUK£4,326Nigel ConnorIndividual583UK£7.42
01 Oct 24BuyUK£7,064James UllmanIndividual952UK£7.42
01 Oct 24BuyUK£1,135Hudson SimmonsIndividual153UK£7.42
23 Sep 24BuyUK£149John HutsonIndividual21UK£7.10
23 Sep 24BuyUK£149Martin GeogheganIndividual21UK£7.10
23 Sep 24BuyUK£149David CapstickIndividual21UK£7.10
23 Sep 24BuyUK£149Ben WhitleyIndividual21UK£7.10
23 Sep 24BuyUK£149Nigel ConnorIndividual21UK£7.10
23 Sep 24BuyUK£149Deborah WhittinghamIndividual21UK£7.10
15 Aug 24BuyUK£152John HutsonIndividual20UK£7.61
15 Aug 24BuyUK£152Martin GeogheganIndividual20UK£7.61
15 Aug 24BuyUK£152David CapstickIndividual20UK£7.61
15 Aug 24BuyUK£152Ben WhitleyIndividual20UK£7.61
15 Aug 24BuyUK£152Nigel ConnorIndividual20UK£7.61
15 Aug 24BuyUK£152Deborah WhittinghamIndividual20UK£7.61
26 Jul 24SellUK£10,057,926Timothy MartinIndividual1,361,000UK£7.39
18 Jul 24BuyUK£151John HutsonIndividual20UK£7.53
18 Jul 24BuyUK£151Martin GeogheganIndividual20UK£7.53
18 Jul 24BuyUK£151David CapstickIndividual20UK£7.53
18 Jul 24BuyUK£151Ben WhitleyIndividual20UK£7.53
18 Jul 24BuyUK£151Nigel ConnorIndividual20UK£7.53
18 Jul 24BuyUK£151Deborah WhittinghamIndividual20UK£7.53
10 Jul 24SellUK£53,298Ben WhitleyIndividual7,000UK£7.61
18 Jun 24BuyUK£150John HutsonIndividual20UK£7.51
18 Jun 24BuyUK£150Martin GeogheganIndividual20UK£7.51
18 Jun 24BuyUK£150David CapstickIndividual20UK£7.51
18 Jun 24BuyUK£150Ben WhitleyIndividual20UK£7.51
18 Jun 24BuyUK£150Nigel ConnorIndividual20UK£7.51
18 Jun 24BuyUK£150Deborah WhittinghamIndividual20UK£7.51
19 Feb 24BuyUK£150John HutsonIndividual19UK£7.90
19 Feb 24BuyUK£150Martin GeogheganIndividual19UK£7.90
19 Feb 24BuyUK£150David CapstickIndividual19UK£7.90
19 Feb 24BuyUK£150Ben WhitleyIndividual19UK£7.90
19 Feb 24BuyUK£150Nigel ConnorIndividual19UK£7.90
19 Feb 24BuyUK£150Deborah WhittinghamIndividual19UK£7.90
18 Jan 24BuyUK£150John HutsonIndividual18UK£8.36
18 Jan 24BuyUK£150Martin GeogheganIndividual18UK£8.36
18 Jan 24BuyUK£150David CapstickIndividual18UK£8.36
18 Jan 24BuyUK£150Ben WhitleyIndividual18UK£8.36
18 Jan 24BuyUK£150Nigel ConnorIndividual18UK£8.36
18 Jan 24BuyUK£150Deborah WhittinghamIndividual18UK£8.36

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: JDW insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of JDW?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Private Companies39,3340.0331%
Public Companies66,0100.0555%
Employee Share Scheme7,636,5376.42%
General Public12,050,33510.1%
Individual Insiders29,700,07525%
Institutions69,418,62758.4%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 77.92% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
24.6%
Timothy Martin
29,237,997UK£177.6m-4.45%no data
8.29%
FMR LLC
9,862,516UK£59.9m6.8%no data
6.42%
JD Wetherspoon plc, ESOP
7,636,537UK£46.4m-1.14%100.0%
4.21%
BlackRock, Inc.
5,010,266UK£30.4m-8.94%no data
3.96%
Phoenix Asset Management Partners Ltd.
4,707,962UK£28.6m0.09%2.39%
3.66%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
4,356,210UK£26.5m4.51%no data
3.18%
Ninety One UK Limited
3,782,510UK£23.0m-12.3%0.04%
2.65%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
3,147,452UK£19.1m-42.9%0.01%
2.48%
Natixis, Investment Banking and Corporate Banking Investments
2,949,444UK£17.9m-3.57%0.1%
1.82%
Fidelity International Ltd
2,163,000UK£13.1m9.98%0.01%
1.51%
Hosking Partners LLP
1,800,970UK£10.9m-1.82%0.44%
1.45%
UBS Asset Management AG
1,723,584UK£10.5m160%no data
1.45%
HBOS Investment Fund Managers Limited
1,720,623UK£10.5m-1.43%0.1%
1.37%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
1,625,205UK£9.9m1.12%no data
1.26%
azValor Asset Management SGIIC, S.A.U.
1,503,471UK£9.1m2.8%1.02%
1.2%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
1,430,903UK£8.7m-4.75%no data
1.12%
Societe Generale Group, Banking Investments
1,329,425UK£8.1m13.8%0.06%
1.11%
Schroder Investment Management Limited
1,318,009UK£8.0m28.8%0.01%
1.02%
M&G Investment Management Limited
1,211,881UK£7.4m0.87%0.02%
0.98%
JP Morgan Asset Management
1,161,918UK£7.1m-7.89%no data
0.89%
Acadian Asset Management LLC
1,059,412UK£6.4m43.7%0.02%
0.88%
Oldfield Partners LLP
1,050,880UK£6.4m-6.67%1.24%
0.87%
Amundi Asset Management SAS
1,032,425UK£6.3m0.78%no data
0.84%
Artemis Investment Management LLP
1,001,892UK£6.1m11.7%0.03%
0.7%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
827,980UK£5.0m1.78%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 00:55
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/07/28
Annual Earnings2024/07/28

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

J D Wetherspoon plc is covered by 35 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Pierre-Yves GauthierAlphaValue
Julian EasthopeBarclays
Elisabeth JamiesonBarclays