Sharemaestro company-news research for J D Wetherspoon plc (JDW), showing current tone, evidence confidence, direct company coverage, sector and industry context, completed price response and the source headlines used on the page. Scores describe published news evidence. Confidence describes the amount, freshness, source breadth and direct company relevance of that evidence. Price context is shown separately.
LSE
United Kingdom
Provisional evidence
Company news sentiment
Latest JDW news and sentiment
J D Wetherspoon plc
Company headlines from the last 30 days, weighted by freshness, relevance, publisher quality and the strength of the wording. Price is shown separately.
Current company news
Early balanced news score
7 company-specific stories are available, but there are not yet enough fresh stories from separate publishers for a firm reading.
Observed headline tone57/100
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Published 30-day score52/100
Latest source headline
JD Wetherspoon (LSE:JDW) Summer Sales Surge Lifts Shares as Costs Weigh on Profit as FTSE 100 Slips
Kalkine Media · 07 Oct 2026 13:12
Older, less relevant and less reliable stories count for less. Confidence is shown separately.
What supports the score
7 current stories are mapped specifically to JDW.
The score uses 5 publishers rather than depending on one outlet.
What limits the score
The stories agree, but freshness-weighted evidence is only 0.444.
Confidence is 30/100, below the threshold for a firm score.
52/100
News scoreEarly balanced news score
30/100
Confidencethin evidence
100%/100
Company news7 company stories
80/100
Story agreement20/100 difference
News history
Daily score and story count over 30 days
12 Sep27 Sep11 Oct
News scoreStory count50 baseline
Confidence
How reliable the score is
Confidence uses the amount of news, separate publishers, direct company relevance, freshness and agreement. A high or low score is not automatically reliable.
Amount of evidence9
0.444 after freshness weightingSource breadth100
5 independent publishersCompany relevance100
share tied directly to this companyFreshness35
recency-weighted evidenceAgreement80
how closely stories agreePublisher mix62
less reliance on one publisherPrice and news history
Weekly price and news-score history
Company-specific news is present, but the evidence has not yet earned enough independent, fresh information weight for price confirmation to be treated as a firm signal.
26 completed price weeks23 comparable news-score weeks
One scoring method across the chart.Stored company headlines are recalculated at each weekly point with the current 30-day freshness weighting. Old published snapshots are left unchanged.
17 Apr14 Jul09 Oct
Weekly close, indexedSentiment score
WeekNews scoreCloseWeekly move
09 Oct 202652GBP 982.5+7.4%
02 Oct 202657GBP 915.0+12.9%
25 Sep 202650GBP 810.5+1.1%
18 Sep 202650GBP 801.5+2.4%
11 Sep 202650GBP 782.5-5.4%
04 Sep 202650GBP 827.5-2.8%
28 Aug 202650GBP 851.5+1.5%
21 Aug 202649GBP 839.0+2.8%
Provisional evidence
News subjects
What is shaping the score
Earnings576 stories · 86%
Market update501 stories · 14%
Source mix
Where the evidence comes from
Kalkine Media483 stories · 43%
Investing.com UK791 stories · 14%
Market source571 stories · 14%
Moby501 stories · 14%
TradingView501 stories · 14%
Recurring subjects
Subjects appearing most often
Topic structure will appear when classified tags are present in the current feed.
Earlier readings
How the score has changed
Past and present use the same method.Each point recalculates the previous 30 days of stored company headlines with today's scoring rules. The original stored snapshots remain unchanged.
02 May50 neutral11 Oct 19:15
ConstructiveBalanced or withheldCautious
Changes in the stored score
Scores are rebuilt from stored headlines with the current 30-day method. Days with no change are collapsed.
| Observed | Score | Move | Confidence | Stories | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 19:15 | 52 | -1 | 28/100 (-8) | 7 (0) | Provisional |
| 07 Oct 23:59 | 53 | -3 | 36/100 (+3) | 7 (+2) | Provisional |
| 05 Oct 23:59 | 56 | -1 | 33/100 (-3) | 5 (0) | Provisional |
| 02 Oct 23:59 | 57 | +7 | 36/100 (+36) | 5 (+3) | Provisional |
| 15 Sep 23:59 | 50 | +0 | 0/100 (-15) | 2 (0) | Insufficient |
| 03 Sep 23:59 | 50 | +4 | 15/100 (-12) | 2 (-13) | Provisional |
| 11 Aug 23:59 | 46 | +2 | 27/100 (+3) | 15 (-1) | Provisional |
| 01 Aug 23:59 | 44 | +5 | 24/100 (-14) | 16 (0) | Provisional |
Evidence behind the direction
What drives this reading?
Shares of weighted directional evidence in 7 retained current headlines. These weights already account for freshness, relevance and publisher limits; they are not additive points of the published score.
Which subjects lean each way
A subject can carry both supportive and cautious news.
SubjectCautious ← 0 → Constructive
Earnings5 stories
27.2%72.8%
Each side uses the same scale: 0–72.8% of the retained directional evidence.
Where the influence comes from
65.7%largest publisher shareA concentrated reading can depend heavily on one publisher.
Publisher groups follow the scoring rules. Company disclosures share one group; syndicated stories are consolidated before weighting.
Source headlines
The news behind the score
Only company-specific stories enter this score. The latest 30 days are shown newest first, with newer stories weighted more heavily and duplicate coverage combined.
66/100 tone
23.3% of directional evidence
Medium story strength
Scoring detailsDirect company coverage
- Published
- 07 Oct 2026 13:12
- News subject
- Earnings
- Why this score
- Operating growth
- Company focus
- Main company · 100%
- How it is used
- Direct company coverage
- Story strength
- Medium · 54/100
- 30-day weight
- 23.3% of directional evidence · 4.3d old
- Text assessed
- Available headline and article text
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
27/100 tone
27.2% of directional evidence
High story strength
Scoring detailsDirect company coverage
- Published
- 07 Oct 2026 11:03
- News subject
- Earnings
- Why this score
- Profit Warning
- Company focus
- Main company · 100%
- How it is used
- Direct company coverage
- Story strength
- High · 62/100
- 30-day weight
- 27.2% of directional evidence · 4.3d old
- Text assessed
- Available headline and article text
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
60/100 tone
15.2% of directional evidence
Medium story strength
Scoring detailsDirect company coverage
- Published
- 05 Oct 2026 11:06
- News subject
- Earnings
- Why this score
- Positive market reaction
- Company focus
- Main company · 100%
- How it is used
- Direct company coverage
- Story strength
- Medium · 46/100
- 30-day weight
- 15.2% of directional evidence · 6.3d old
- Text assessed
- Available headline and article text
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
—Unscored
Market updateNot used in direction
Pub Chain Wetherspoon Gets a Summer Sales Boost
Company news retained for context; no directional weight.
Scoring detailsDirect company coverage
- Published
- 02 Oct 2026 19:11
- News subject
- Market update
- Why this score
- No clear directional signal in the available text
- Company focus
- Shared story · 78%
- How it is used
- Shown as company news · not used in the score
- Story strength
- Not directional
- 30-day weight
- None · 9.0d old
- Text assessed
- Available headline and article text
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
57/100 tone
7.7% of directional evidence
Medium story strength
Scoring detailsDirect company coverage
- Published
- 02 Oct 2026 07:27
- News subject
- Earnings
- Why this score
- Operating growth
- Company focus
- Main company · 100%
- How it is used
- Direct company coverage
- Story strength
- Medium · 38/100
- 30-day weight
- 7.7% of directional evidence · 9.5d old
- Text assessed
- Available headline and article text
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
79/100 tone
26.6% of directional evidence
High story strength
Scoring detailsDirect company coverage
- Published
- 02 Oct 2026 06:44
- News subject
- Earnings
- Why this score
- Operating growth, Positive market reaction, Large positive market reaction
- Company focus
- Main company · 100%
- How it is used
- Direct company coverage
- Story strength
- High · 64/100
- 30-day weight
- 26.6% of directional evidence · 9.5d old
- Text assessed
- Available headline and article text
- Duplicates
- 2 consolidated
—Unscored
EarningsNot used in direction
J D Wetherspoon plc Revenue Breakdown – LSE:JDW
Company news retained for context; no directional weight.
Scoring detailsDirect company coverage
- Published
- 15 Sep 2026 16:04
- News subject
- Earnings
- Why this score
- No clear directional signal in the available text
- Company focus
- Main company · 100%
- How it is used
- Shown as company news · not used in the score
- Story strength
- Not directional
- 30-day weight
- None · 26.1d old
- Text assessed
- Stored headline only
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
Earlier company news
JDW news archive
Stored newest first for historical research. It starts after the newest three pages above and then continues through older news. Each archive page is loaded only when it is opened.
Older news is kept in the archive
There are 43 older JDW headlines. Open one page at a time when you need them.
Open older archiveProvider matches checked
Provider mentions not used in the score
A news provider linked these stories to JDW, but the headline and available text are not mainly about J D Wetherspoon plc. They are kept here for transparency and do not affect the score, confidence, history or wider market totals.
Provider mentions are kept separate
Open the list to see which provider matches were checked and left out of JDW sentiment.
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How to read the score
It describes the weighted balance of qualifying headlines. A score of 50 can mean balanced news or that there is not enough evidence; the status label explains which.
Confidence measures depth, source breadth, direct relevance, freshness and agreement. It does not rise merely because the tone is extreme. This is a rule-based evidence measure, not a calibrated probability.
Weekly price response, trend and fair-value position test whether the market is accepting or rejecting the news. They never rewrite the news score.
It measures news already published. It is not a forecast, recommendation or price target.