JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) Stock Keeps “Hold” Rating at Peel Hunt

Peel Hunt reissued their hold rating on shares of JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) in a research report released on Friday,London Stock Exchange reports.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 95 price target on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a report on Thursday, September 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on shares of JD Sports Fashion from GBX 90 to GBX 86 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, August 21st. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and set a GBX 100 target price on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. Citigroup upped their target price on shares of JD Sports Fashion from GBX 83 to GBX 87 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, August 21st. Finally, Shore Capital Group lowered shares of JD Sports Fashion to a “hold” rating and lowered their price target for the company from GBX 81 to GBX 75 in a report on Friday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, JD Sports Fashion presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of GBX 191.89.

JD Sports Fashion Price Performance

Shares of JD opened at GBX 79.72 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day moving average is GBX 85.06 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 80.36. The firm has a market capitalization of £4.13 billion, a PE ratio of 797.20, a PEG ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 133.23, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a current ratio of 1.42.

JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, September 23rd. The company reported GBX 3.97 earnings per share 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 anticipate that JD Sports Fashion will post 15.037961 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other JD Sports Fashion news, insider Peter Agnefjäl acquired 320,000 shares of the 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. 51.91% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

JD Sports Fashion Company Profile

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.