JD Wetherspoon: just how will its shares react to this Friday’s Finals?

You have to admit it – that Tim Martin, boss of JD Wetherspoon (LON:JDW), is a ‘one-off’, always able to generate column inches upon any news from his pubs group, whether good or bad. J D Wetherspoon is a leading pub operator in the UK and Ireland. In late March after the group announced its Interim Results for the 26 weeks to 25th January – showing a 5.7% rise in revenues and a 31.9% fall in pre-tax profits, slashing earnings to 15.5p (21.5p) - the company’s shares were as low as 530.50p. Just over two months ago, on Wednesday, 22nd July, he pushed out a Pre-close Trading Update stating that;...