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

JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD) has earned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the nine ratings firms that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 191.89.

Several analysts have recently weighed in on JD shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 95 price objective on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research note on Thursday, September 3rd. Shore Capital Group restated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 75 price target on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a report on Thursday, August 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target 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. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and set a GBX 100 price objective on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a report on Monday, August 3rd. Finally, Citigroup increased their price objective 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.

JD Sports Fashion Stock Performance

JD Sports Fashion stock opened at GBX 78.10 on Friday. The company has a market cap of £4.05 billion, a PE ratio of 781.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.65. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 87.35 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 80.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 133.23, a current ratio of 1.42 and a quick ratio of 0.71.

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.