Wickes Group plc (LON:WIX) Receives Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Brokerages

Wickes Group plc (LON:WIX – Get Free Report) has received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the six ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price target among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 246.67.

A number of research analysts have commented on the company. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 278 price target on shares of Wickes Group in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Berenberg Bank restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 265 price objective on shares of Wickes Group in a report on Thursday, June 18th.

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Wickes Group Price Performance

Shares of Wickes Group stock opened at GBX 192.40 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of £423.09 million, a PE ratio of 11.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.79 and a beta of 0.85. Wickes Group has a 12-month low of GBX 169.20 and a 12-month high of GBX 255. The company has a quick ratio of 0.58, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 551.57. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 181 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 209.66.

Wickes Group Company Profile

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Wickes is one of the UK’s best known home improvement retailers. Having opened our first store in 1972 we now have 228 stores across the UK, employing 7,400 colleagues and offering products ranging from kitchens and bathrooms, to paint, tools and timber.

Wickes is a successful, growing, cash generative and profitable business, operating in the large and growing £27 billion UK Home Improvement market. Over the past few years Wickes has consistently outperformed the market, growing share and delivering a CAGR growth rate double that of the market.

At Wickes, we have a clear purpose, which is to ‘help the nation feel house proud’, and we do this by focusing on our three customer segments – Local Trade, Do-it-for-me and DIY retail.

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