JD Wetherspoon issued a profit warning on Wednesday, with the pub group’s shares falling 8.1% in early trading after chairman Tim Martin said full-year profits would fall short of market expectations. Analyst consensus ahead of the announcement had placed underlying pre-tax profit for the year at £70.8 million, according to a Hargreaves Lansdown share research note. Sales Growth Falls Short as the Wetherspoon Profit Warning LandsLike-for-like sales rose 4.0% in the 12 weeks to 19 July, with year-to-date growth of 4.2%. In the financial year ending July 2025, the company paid £45.0 million in bonuses and free shares to employees, with 86.3% going to staff working in pubs, according to the JD Wetherspoon people page. The original trading statement, filed on 22 July 2026, contained a date error that was subsequently corrected via a follow-up RNS on Investegate.