Shares of JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD – Get Free Report) have received an average recommendation of “Hold” from the eight brokerages that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and two have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year target price among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 110.88.
Several equities analysts have commented on the company. Shore Capital Group cut JD Sports Fashion to a “hold” rating and cut their price target for the company from GBX 81 to GBX 75 in a report on Friday, October 2nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating and set a GBX 95 price target on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research report on Thursday, September 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on shares of JD Sports Fashion from GBX 90 to GBX 86 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, August 21st. Citigroup raised their price objective on shares of JD Sports Fashion from GBX 83 to GBX 87 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, August 21st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and set a GBX 100 price target on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research note on Monday, August 3rd.
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Insider Transactions at JD Sports Fashion
In other JD Sports Fashion news, insider Peter Agnefjäl bought 320,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 25th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 77 per share, for a total transaction of £246,400. Corporate insiders own 51.91% of the company’s stock.
JD Sports Fashion Stock Up 2.8%
LON:JD opened at GBX 96.98 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.42, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 133.23. The firm has a market capitalization of £5.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 969.80, a P/E/G ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.65. The business’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 84.43 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 81.36.
JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, September 23rd. The company reported GBX 3.97 earnings per share for the quarter. JD Sports Fashion had a net margin of 3.17% and a return on equity of 14.97%. Sell-side analysts expect that JD Sports Fashion will post 15.04 EPS for the current year.
About JD Sports Fashion
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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