JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD) Stock Has Average Target Price of GBX 191.89

Shares of JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD) have received an average recommendation of “Hold” from the nine research firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 191.89.

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and issued a GBX 100 target price on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 95 price target on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research report on Thursday, September 3rd. Citigroup lifted 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. Peel Hunt reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price 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.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other JD Sports Fashion news, insider Peter Agnefjäl purchased 320,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, September 25th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 77 per share, for a total transaction of £246,400. Insiders own 51.91% of the company’s stock.

JD Sports Fashion Trading Up 0.6%

Shares of LON:JD opened at GBX 84.50 on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of £4.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 845.00, a PEG ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.65. The firm has a 50-day moving average of GBX 83.91 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 80.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 133.23, a current ratio of 1.42 and a quick ratio of 0.71.

JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) last released 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%. Equities research analysts predict that JD Sports Fashion will post 15.04 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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.