JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) Insider Purchases 320,000 Shares of Company Stock

JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD) insider Peter Agnefjäl bought 320,000 shares of JD Sports Fashion stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 25th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 77 per share, with a total value of £246,400.

JD Sports Fashion Stock Performance

JD stock traded up GBX 1.06 during midday trading on Monday, reaching GBX 77.50. 8,317,438 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 393,791. The stock has a market capitalization of £4.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 775.00, a PEG ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 133.23, a current ratio of 1.42 and a quick ratio of 0.71. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 85.76 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 80.25.

JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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%. As a group, analysts predict that JD Sports Fashion Plc will post 15.037961 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on JD. Citigroup upped their price target on JD Sports Fashion from GBX 83 to GBX 87 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, August 21st. Shore Capital Group reissued a “hold” rating and set a GBX 75 price target on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a report on Monday, September 21st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a GBX 95 price objective on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research report on Thursday, September 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped 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 report on Friday, August 21st. Finally, Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 150 target price on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research note on Thursday. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, JD Sports Fashion has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 191.89.

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.