Key Points
- JD Sports Fashion insider Peter Agnefjäl purchased 320,000 shares at GBX 77 each, representing a total investment of £246,400.
- The company reported quarterly earnings of GBX 3.97 per share, with a 14.97% return on equity and a 3.17% net margin.
- Analysts maintain a generally cautious view: three rate the stock Buy and six rate it Hold, producing an overall “Hold” consensus.
JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD - Get Free Report) insider Peter Agnefjäl bought 320,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 25th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 77 per share, for a total transaction of £246,400.
JD Sports Fashion Stock Performance
Shares of LON JD opened at GBX 77.50 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of £4.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 775.00, a P/E/G ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.65. The firm's 50-day moving average price is GBX 85.57 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 80.25. The company has a current ratio of 1.42, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 133.23.
JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, September 23rd. The company reported GBX 3.97 EPS for the quarter. JD Sports Fashion had a return on equity of 14.97% and a net margin of 3.17%. On average, research analysts predict that JD Sports Fashion Plc will post 15.037961 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several equities research analysts have commented on JD shares. Citigroup boosted their price target on shares of JD Sports Fashion from GBX 83 to GBX 87 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Friday, August 21st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a "hold" rating and issued a GBX 95 price objective on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research note on Thursday, September 3rd. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a "sector perform" rating and issued a GBX 100 target price on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a report on Monday, August 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on shares of JD Sports Fashion from GBX 90 to GBX 86 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Friday, August 21st. Finally, Shore Capital Group restated a "hold" rating and set a GBX 75 target price on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a report on Monday, September 21st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of GBX 191.89.
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About JD Sports Fashion
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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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