J D Wetherspoon plc

BATS-CHIXE:JDWL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£755.6m

J D Wetherspoon Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

BATS-CHIXE:JDWL Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
20 Feb 25BuyUK£152John HutsonIndividual26UK£5.86
20 Feb 25BuyUK£152Martin GeogheganIndividual26UK£5.86
20 Feb 25BuyUK£147David CapstickIndividual25UK£5.86
20 Feb 25BuyUK£152Ben WhitleyIndividual26UK£5.86
20 Feb 25BuyUK£147Nigel ConnorIndividual25UK£5.86
20 Feb 25BuyUK£152Deborah WhittinghamIndividual26UK£5.86
20 Jan 25BuyUK£153John HutsonIndividual25UK£6.12
20 Jan 25BuyUK£147Martin GeogheganIndividual24UK£6.12
20 Jan 25BuyUK£153David CapstickIndividual25UK£6.12
20 Jan 25BuyUK£147Ben WhitleyIndividual24UK£6.12
20 Jan 25BuyUK£153Nigel ConnorIndividual25UK£6.12
20 Jan 25BuyUK£147Deborah WhittinghamIndividual24UK£6.12
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

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 JDWL?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Public Companies59,3230.0541%
Private Companies168,9940.154%
General Public5,733,0735.22%
Employee Share Scheme10,564,6269.63%
Individual Insiders29,669,37027%
Institutions63,551,45157.9%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 90.25% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
26.6%
Timothy Martin
29,237,997UK£201.3m0%no data
9.63%
JD Wetherspoon plc, ESOP
10,564,626UK£72.7m-1.03%100.0%
6.75%
Ninety One UK Limited
7,405,909UK£51.0m-7.75%0.09%
5.1%
Jupiter Fund Management Plc
5,596,721UK£38.5m0%0.13%
4.84%
FMR LLC
5,314,611UK£36.6m-2.64%no data
4.78%
Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.
5,250,863UK£36.2m-4.4%0.1%
4.2%
BlackRock, Inc.
4,606,232UK£31.7m17.6%no data
4.11%
Phoenix Asset Management Partners Ltd.
4,505,328UK£31.0m-4.51%2.47%
3.78%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
4,153,652UK£28.6m-4.63%no data
3.24%
azValor Asset Management SGIIC, S.A.U.
3,555,946UK£24.5m-2.14%3.79%
3.11%
Aberdeen Group Plc
3,414,086UK£23.5m1.47%0.02%
1.92%
Fidelity International Ltd
2,110,096UK£14.5m-4.56%0.01%
1.71%
Artemis Investment Management LLP
1,872,233UK£12.9m0%0.05%
1.45%
HBOS Investment Fund Managers Limited
1,594,621UK£11.0m-5.17%0.09%
1.18%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
1,293,260UK£8.9m-2.72%no data
1.09%
Omnis Investments Limited
1,192,395UK£8.2m0%1.42%
1.03%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
1,128,336UK£7.8m-7.77%no data
1.02%
American Century Investment Management Inc
1,119,510UK£7.7m11.8%no data
0.84%
Hollis Capital Limited
925,000UK£6.4m0%3.32%
0.78%
UBS Asset Management AG
855,194UK£5.9m3.18%no data
0.7%
Oldfield Partners LLP
763,785UK£5.3m0%1.21%
0.69%
Hosking Partners LLP
760,901UK£5.2m-17.9%0.21%
0.67%
Barclays Bank PLC, Wealth and Investment Management Division
731,614UK£5.0m-4.2%0.05%
0.54%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
588,288UK£4.1m3.79%no data
0.46%
Handelsbanken Wealth & Asset Management Limited
510,000UK£3.5m0%1.27%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/09/15 08:34
End of Day Share Price 2025/09/12 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