J D Wetherspoon plc

LSE:JDW Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£641.0m

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
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
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

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
Public Companies71,2650.0601%
Private Companies159,5270.135%
Employee Share Scheme9,161,9067.73%
General Public17,968,01515.2%
Individual Insiders29,659,15525%
Institutions61,466,05051.9%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 75.18% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
24.7%
Timothy Martin
29,237,997UK£158.2m0%no data
7.73%
JD Wetherspoon plc, ESOP
9,161,906UK£49.6m0.35%100.0%
6.48%
FMR LLC
7,675,426UK£41.5m12.3%no data
5.45%
Ninety One UK Limited
6,452,398UK£34.9m9.53%0.07%
4.45%
BlackRock, Inc.
5,267,851UK£28.5m4.56%no data
3.76%
Phoenix Asset Management Partners Ltd.
4,449,569UK£24.1m-4.51%2.1%
2.89%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
3,421,018UK£18.5m-23%no data
2.32%
azValor Asset Management SGIIC, S.A.U.
2,746,382UK£14.9m3.88%2.17%
1.85%
Fidelity International Ltd
2,191,681UK£11.9m-0.03%0.01%
1.56%
HBOS Investment Fund Managers Limited
1,842,997UK£10.0m1.18%0.1%
1.38%
Hosking Partners LLP
1,631,295UK£8.8m-8.28%0.44%
1.33%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
1,573,635UK£8.5m-54.2%no data
1.31%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
1,556,579UK£8.4m0%no data
1.28%
Artemis Investment Management LLP
1,521,398UK£8.2m0%0.04%
1.15%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
1,365,564UK£7.4m0.43%no data
1.06%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
1,257,667UK£6.8m10.9%no data
1.03%
M&G Investment Management Limited
1,224,133UK£6.6m0%0.02%
0.89%
Oldfield Partners LLP
1,054,320UK£5.7m0%1.54%
0.71%
Barclays Bank PLC, Wealth and Investment Management Division
837,654UK£4.5m-5.69%0.06%
0.68%
American Century Investment Management Inc
806,059UK£4.4m0%no data
0.67%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
791,868UK£4.3m0%no data
0.66%
Societe Generale Group, Banking Investments
781,919UK£4.2m16%0.03%
0.63%
UBS Asset Management AG
751,175UK£4.1m-51.4%no data
0.63%
Hollis Capital Limited
750,000UK£4.1m0%2.39%
0.61%
Invesco Ltd.
727,842UK£3.9m-18.5%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/03/21 00:40
End of Day Share Price 2025/03/21 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. 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