profit from every £100 of sales.
£0£100
J D Wetherspoon
£10.30+0.39% today
+59.7% in 1 year
1-year low £5.561-year high £10.78
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2024.
0%20% a year
You pay £19.24 for every £1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What J D Wetherspoon sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from £773 million in 2021 to £2.04 billion in 2024, with £48.8 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
J D Wetherspoon handed back 63% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks £40M
Free cash flow 2024£62M
Bought back its own shares£40M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt£57M vs. £1.1B
J D Wetherspoon vs. similar companies
J D Wetherspoon grows the fastest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from £100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per £1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| J D Wetherspoon | 19.2× · Fair price | ||
 McDonald's | 22.4× · Fair price | ||
 Starbucks | 48.0× · Expensive | ||
 Compass Group | 30.7× · Expensive | ||
 Chipotle Mexican Grill | 29.1× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads J D Wetherspoon's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of GBP | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 773 | 1,740 | 1,925 | 2,036 | |
| -72 | 100 | – | – | |
| -109 | 55 | 107 | 144 | |
| -8 | 200 | 267 | 230 | |
| -177 | 19 | 60 | 49 | |
| -1.47 | 0.15 | 0.47 | 0.39 | |
| -9.3% | 5.8% | – | – | |
| -14.1% | 3.2% | 5.6% | 7.1% | |
| -22.9% | 1.1% | 3.1% | 2.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,010 | 2,049 | 1,980 | 1,904 |
| Cash | 45 | 40 | 87 | 57 |
| Total debt | 1,415 | 1,406 | 1,175 | 1,137 |
| Total liabilities | 1,732 | 1,727 | 1,567 | 1,503 |
| 278 | 322 | 413 | 402 | |
| 125 | 127 | 128 | 125 | |
| -5.7% | 3.6% | 7.4% | 6.2% | |
| -63.7% | 6.0% | 14.4% | 12.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -35 | 119 | 362 | 173 | |
| 58 | 120 | 73 | 110 | |
| -93 | -0 | 289 | 62 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – |
| – | – | 0 | 40 | |
| 10 | 6 | 11 | 11 |
Valuation
- 19.2×
- –
- –
- 1.7×
- 0.5×
- 15.1×
- 8.8×
- 6.6%
- 5.2%
- –
Profitability
- –
- 7.1%
- 2.4%
- –
- 6.2%
- 2.9%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +38.1%
- –
- –
- –
- +0.1%
Financial health
- 4.7×
- 2.83
- –
- 1.9×
- 0.35
- –
- –
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 39%of 982
Bottom 43%of 994
Bottom 49%of 853
Top 6%of 993
Top 38%of 980
News
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Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
35No pass
Benjamin Graham
32No pass
Philip Fisher
47No pass
Peter Lynch
53No pass
Joel Greenblatt
31No pass
Charlie Munger
24No pass
Terry Smith
34No pass
Questions about J D Wetherspoon
Is J D Wetherspoon a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the J D Wetherspoon AI analysis
What does J D Wetherspoon do?
J D Wetherspoon plc owns and operates pubs and hotels in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It also offers foods and drinks. The company was founded in 1979 and is based in Watford, the United Kingdom. It is in Restaurants, based in Watford, United Kingdom, with 42,043 employees.
Is J D Wetherspoon stock halal?
No. J D Wetherspoon does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 121% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has J D Wetherspoon stock done over the past year?
Up 59.7% over the past twelve months, to £10.30. It traded between £5.56 and £10.78 and is 4.5% below its high.
Who are J D Wetherspoon's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are McDonald's, Starbucks, Compass Group and Chipotle Mexican Grill. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with J D Wetherspoon's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.