J D Wetherspoon plc

DB:0QW Stock Report

Market Cap: €946.0m

J D Wetherspoon Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

DB:0QW Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
20 Feb 25Buy€184John HutsonIndividual26€7.08
20 Feb 25Buy€184Martin GeogheganIndividual26€7.08
20 Feb 25Buy€177David CapstickIndividual25€7.08
20 Feb 25Buy€184Ben WhitleyIndividual26€7.08
20 Feb 25Buy€177Nigel ConnorIndividual25€7.08
20 Feb 25Buy€184Deborah WhittinghamIndividual26€7.08
20 Jan 25Buy€181John HutsonIndividual25€7.24
20 Jan 25Buy€174Martin GeogheganIndividual24€7.24
20 Jan 25Buy€181David CapstickIndividual25€7.24
20 Jan 25Buy€174Ben WhitleyIndividual24€7.24
20 Jan 25Buy€181Nigel ConnorIndividual25€7.24
20 Jan 25Buy€174Deborah WhittinghamIndividual24€7.24
02 Dec 24Sell€308Martin GeogheganIndividual40€7.70
08 Nov 24Buy€9,587John HutsonIndividual1,254€7.65
01 Oct 24Buy€16,008Martin GeogheganIndividual1,799€8.90
01 Oct 24Buy€5,188Nigel ConnorIndividual583€8.90
01 Oct 24Buy€8,471James UllmanIndividual952€8.90
01 Oct 24Buy€1,361Hudson SimmonsIndividual153€8.90
23 Sep 24Buy€179John HutsonIndividual21€8.52
23 Sep 24Buy€179Martin GeogheganIndividual21€8.52
23 Sep 24Buy€179David CapstickIndividual21€8.52
23 Sep 24Buy€179Ben WhitleyIndividual21€8.52
23 Sep 24Buy€179Nigel ConnorIndividual21€8.52
23 Sep 24Buy€179Deborah WhittinghamIndividual21€8.52
15 Aug 24Buy€178John HutsonIndividual20€8.92
15 Aug 24Buy€178Martin GeogheganIndividual20€8.92
15 Aug 24Buy€178David CapstickIndividual20€8.92
15 Aug 24Buy€178Ben WhitleyIndividual20€8.92
15 Aug 24Buy€178Nigel ConnorIndividual20€8.92
15 Aug 24Buy€178Deborah WhittinghamIndividual20€8.92

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of 0QW?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Public Companies63,6860.058%
Private Companies169,1720.154%
General Public3,929,9263.58%
Employee Share Scheme10,612,6299.67%
Individual Insiders29,669,24427%
Institutions65,302,18059.5%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 90.27% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
26.6%
Timothy Martin
29,237,997€252.0m0.28%no data
9.67%
JD Wetherspoon plc, ESOP
10,612,629€91.5m10.7%100.0%
7.2%
Ninety One UK Limited
7,903,932€68.1m-5.54%0.12%
5.26%
Jupiter Fund Management Plc
5,767,862€49.7m28.9%0.15%
4.97%
FMR LLC
5,451,502€47.0m-9.47%no data
4.89%
Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.
5,366,123€46.3m1.72%0.11%
4.11%
Phoenix Asset Management Partners Ltd.
4,505,328€38.8m-3.82%2.73%
4.01%
BlackRock, Inc.
4,397,773€37.9m-14.4%no data
3.73%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
4,097,022€35.3m-6.84%no data
3.31%
azValor Asset Management SGIIC, S.A.U.
3,633,740€31.3m23.4%4.07%
2.99%
Aberdeen Group Plc
3,282,448€28.3m-9.69%0.02%
2.02%
Fidelity International Ltd
2,216,333€19.1m1.58%0.01%
1.49%
HBOS Investment Fund Managers Limited
1,637,600€14.1m-11.4%0.1%
1.44%
Artemis Investment Management LLP
1,579,130€13.6m2.8%0.05%
1.19%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
1,302,704€11.2m-16.7%no data
1.08%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
1,185,852€10.2m-12.8%no data
0.95%
American Century Investment Management Inc
1,040,796€9.0m18.9%no data
0.84%
Hollis Capital Limited
925,000€8.0m23.3%3.75%
0.75%
UBS Asset Management AG
827,852€7.1m9.68%no data
0.7%
Hosking Partners LLP
765,176€6.6m-50.3%0.24%
0.7%
Oldfield Partners LLP
763,785€6.6m-32.3%1.32%
0.66%
Barclays Bank PLC, Wealth and Investment Management Division
726,470€6.3m-11.8%0.05%
0.6%
M&G Investment Management Limited
658,299€5.7m-46.2%0.01%
0.56%
Silchester International Investors LLP
613,666€5.3m0%0.02%
0.52%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
566,795€4.9m-15.8%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/07/30 11:01
End of Day Share Price 2025/07/30 00:00
Earnings2025/01/26
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 36 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Julian EasthopeBarclays
Elisabeth JamiesonBarclays
Richard TaylorBarclays