J D Wetherspoon plc

LSE:JDW Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£715.2m

J D Wetherspoon Valuation

Is JDW undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of JDW when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: JDW (£6.07) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£7.8)

Significantly Below Fair Value: JDW is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for JDW?

Key metric: As JDW is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for JDW. This is calculated by dividing JDW's market cap by their current earnings.
What is JDW's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio14.8x
EarningsUK£48.79m
Market CapUK£715.25m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does JDW's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for JDW vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25.5x
YNGA Young's Brewery
40.1x28.7%UK£489.6m
FSTA Fuller Smith & Turner
17.5x2.2%UK£354.1m
MAB Mitchells & Butlers
9.8x7.0%UK£1.5b
LGRS Loungers
34.6x23.6%UK£316.0m
JDW J D Wetherspoon
14.8x12.1%UK£721.8m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: JDW is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.8x) compared to the peer average (25.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does JDW's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Hospitality Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
TAST Tasty
0.4x-75.9%US$2.35m
No more companies available in this PE range
JDW 14.8xIndustry Avg. 19.3xNo. of Companies5PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: JDW is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.8x) compared to the UK Hospitality industry average (19.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is JDW's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

JDW PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio14.8x
Fair PE Ratio20.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: JDW is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.5x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst JDW forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£6.07
UK£8.31
+36.8%
16.7%UK£10.55UK£6.00n/a9
Dec ’25UK£6.42
UK£8.38
+30.6%
16.1%UK£10.55UK£6.00n/a9
Nov ’25UK£6.08
UK£9.07
+49.2%
11.4%UK£10.55UK£7.50n/a9
Oct ’25UK£7.28
UK£8.98
+23.4%
11.2%UK£10.55UK£7.50n/a10
Sep ’25UK£7.59
UK£8.98
+18.3%
11.2%UK£10.55UK£7.50n/a10
Aug ’25UK£7.56
UK£8.98
+18.8%
11.2%UK£10.55UK£7.50n/a10
Jul ’25UK£7.30
UK£8.88
+21.7%
10.3%UK£10.50UK£7.50n/a10
Jun ’25UK£7.66
UK£8.80
+14.9%
10.3%UK£10.50UK£7.50n/a11
May ’25UK£7.24
UK£8.80
+21.6%
10.1%UK£10.50UK£7.50n/a11
Apr ’25UK£7.36
UK£8.83
+20.1%
11.1%UK£10.50UK£7.50n/a10
Mar ’25UK£7.68
UK£8.77
+14.2%
11.7%UK£10.50UK£7.50n/a10
Feb ’25UK£8.36
UK£8.74
+4.5%
11.6%UK£10.50UK£7.50n/a10
Jan ’25UK£8.11
UK£8.15
+0.6%
17.1%UK£10.50UK£5.50n/a10
Dec ’24UK£7.01
UK£8.15
+16.3%
17.1%UK£10.50UK£5.50UK£6.4210
Nov ’24UK£6.43
UK£8.13
+26.5%
17.2%UK£10.50UK£5.50UK£6.0810
Oct ’24UK£6.92
UK£8.13
+17.6%
16.4%UK£10.10UK£5.50UK£7.2811
Sep ’24UK£7.19
UK£8.13
+13.2%
16.4%UK£10.10UK£5.50UK£7.5911
Aug ’24UK£6.67
UK£8.13
+22.0%
16.4%UK£10.10UK£5.50UK£7.5611
Jul ’24UK£6.73
UK£7.87
+17.1%
14.1%UK£9.40UK£5.50UK£7.3011
Jun ’24UK£7.32
UK£7.70
+5.3%
18.2%UK£9.40UK£4.65UK£7.6611
May ’24UK£7.13
UK£6.29
-11.8%
21.0%UK£8.50UK£4.50UK£7.2411
Apr ’24UK£7.15
UK£6.15
-14.0%
21.4%UK£8.50UK£4.50UK£7.3611
Mar ’24UK£5.59
UK£5.54
-0.9%
23.1%UK£8.50UK£3.80UK£7.6811
Feb ’24UK£4.78
UK£5.54
+15.8%
23.1%UK£8.50UK£3.80UK£8.3611
Jan ’24UK£4.44
UK£5.92
+33.3%
20.8%UK£8.50UK£3.80UK£8.1112
Dec ’23UK£4.46
UK£6.05
+35.8%
20.2%UK£8.50UK£3.80UK£7.0111

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/19 19:21
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/19 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