JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD) Given Consensus Rating of “Hold” by Brokerages

JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JDGet Free Report) has been given a consensus rating of “Hold” by the eight ratings firms that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have given a hold recommendation and four have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month target price among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 233.

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on JD. Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 155 price target on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research note on Thursday. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a GBX 100 price objective on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research note on Tuesday, June 23rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “sell” rating and issued a GBX 460 target price on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Shore Capital Group reissued a “hold” rating and set a GBX 75 target price on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 840 price target on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a report on Wednesday, May 6th.

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JD Sports Fashion Stock Performance

JD stock opened at GBX 82.72 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of £4.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 827.20, a P/E/G ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.65. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 79.06 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 78.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 133.23, a current ratio of 1.42 and a quick ratio of 0.71.

JD Sports Fashion (LON:JDGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May 11th. The company reported GBX 8.63 earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of GBX 1,266.20 billion for the quarter. JD Sports Fashion had a net margin of 3.17% and a return on equity of 14.97%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that JD Sports Fashion will post 15.037961 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

JD Sports Fashion Company Profile

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JD Sports Fashion plc engages in the retail of branded sports fashion and outdoor clothing, footwear, accessories, and equipment for kids, women, and men. It operates through Sports Fashion and Outdoor segments. The company also retails leisure goods, sports goods, fishing gear, camping goods, boats, and bicycles, as well as distributes sports apparel and accessories, footwear, and apparel. It offers its products under the JD, Size?, Footpatrol, Finish Line, Shoe Palace, DTLR, Livestock, Sprinter, Sport Zone, Sizeer, JD Gyms, Tessuti, Scotts, Go Outdoors, Blacks, Millets, Tiso, Ultimate Outdoors, Fishing Republic, and Naylors brands.

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