J D Wetherspoon plc
DB:0QW Stock Report
J D Wetherspoon Balance Sheet Health
Financial Health criteria checks 2/6 J D Wetherspoon has a total shareholder equity of £401.6M and total debt of £723.9M, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 180.2%. Its total assets and total liabilities are £1.9B and £1.5B respectively. J D Wetherspoon's EBIT is £142.6M making its interest coverage ratio 2.2. It has cash and short-term investments of £57.2M.
Key information
180.2%
Debt to equity ratio
Interest coverage ratio 2.2x Cash UK£57.23m Equity UK£401.63m Total liabilities UK£1.50b Total assets UK£1.90b
Recent financial health updates
Show all updates J D Wetherspoon plc to Report Q1, 2025 Results on Oct 29, 2025
J D Wetherspoon plc, Annual General Meeting, Nov 21, 2024 Oct 29
Upcoming dividend of UK£0.12 per share Oct 17
New minor risk - Earnings quality Oct 08
Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.41 (vs UK£0.47 in FY 2023) Oct 06
Executive Chairman recently sold €12m worth of stock Jul 30
J D Wetherspoon plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year Ending July 28, 2024 May 09
New major risk - Financial position Apr 01
First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.15 (vs UK£0.29 in 1H 2023) Mar 24
Now 22% overvalued after recent price rise Feb 09
Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17% Nov 06
New minor risk - Share price stability Nov 06
New major risk - Financial position Oct 09
Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.47 (vs UK£0.15 in FY 2022) Oct 06 J D Wetherspoon plc to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on Oct 04, 2024 J D Wetherspoon plc to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Oct 06, 2023 Jul 12
Key Executive recently sold €161k worth of stock May 15
Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17% May 10
Less than half of directors are independent Apr 21
First half 2023 earnings released Mar 28
Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17% Mar 25
Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 16% Mar 07
Chairman recently bought €13m worth of stock Feb 03
Tim Martin acquired a 2.050473% stake in J D Wetherspoon plc for £11.9 million. Feb 03
J D Wetherspoon plc to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Mar 24, 2023 Jan 25
Less than half of directors are independent Nov 17
J D Wetherspoon plc Announces Retirement of Su Cacioppo Retired as Personnel and Legal Director Nov 05
J D Wetherspoon plc Announces Executive Changes Nov 04
J D Wetherspoon plc, Annual General Meeting, Nov 17, 2022 Oct 20
Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week Oct 14
Full year 2022 earnings released Oct 08
J D Wetherspoon plc Announces Board Changes Oct 07
J D Wetherspoon plc Announces Directorate Change May 04
Less than half of directors are independent Apr 29
Full year 2021 earnings released: UK£1.47 loss per share (vs UK£0.92 loss in FY 2020) Oct 04
Less than half of directors are independent Jul 27
First half 2021 earnings released: UK£0.49 loss per share (vs UK£0.26 profit in 1H 2020) Mar 21
New 90-day high: €15.40 Mar 13
New 90-day high: €15.30 Feb 06
J D Wetherspoon plc has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of £93.744 million. Jan 22
New 90-day high: €13.50 Jan 20
Non-Executive Chairman recently sold €5.6m worth of stock Dec 04
New 90-day high: €13.27 Dec 03
J D Wetherspoon plc, Annual General Meeting, Dec 17, 2020 Nov 18
J D Wetherspoon plc, Annual General Meeting, Dec 17, 2020 Nov 17
J D Wetherspoon plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year Ended 26 July 2020 Aug 25
New 90-day low - €9.13 Jul 28
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: 0QW's short term assets (£122.1M) do not cover its short term liabilities (£351.4M).
Long Term Liabilities: 0QW's short term assets (£122.1M) do not cover its long term liabilities (£1.2B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: 0QW's net debt to equity ratio (166%) is considered high .
Reducing Debt: 0QW's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 258.7% to 180.2% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: 0QW's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (23.8%).
Interest Coverage: 0QW's interest payments on its debt are not well covered by EBIT (2.2x coverage).
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