JD Sports Fashion Plc (JD.L) – What Are Analysts Saying About This Stock?

Shares of JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD) have earned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the nine research firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 191.89.

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on JD shares. Peel Hunt reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. Shore Capital Group cut shares of JD Sports Fashion to a “hold” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from GBX 81 to GBX 75 in a research note on Friday, October 2nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased 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 report on Friday, August 21st. Berenberg Bank restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 150 target price on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research note on Thursday, September 24th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 95 target price on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research note on Thursday, September 3rd.

Insider Activity at JD Sports Fashion

In other JD Sports Fashion news, insider Peter Agnefjäl acquired 320,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 25th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 77 per share, with a total value of £246,400. 51.91% of the stock is owned by insiders.

JD Sports Fashion Stock Up 0.6%

LON JD opened at GBX 84.50 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 83.91 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 80.82. 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 company has a market capitalization of £4.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 845.00, a P/E/G ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.65.

JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, September 23rd. The company reported GBX 3.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. JD Sports Fashion had a return on equity of 14.97% and a net margin of 3.17%. Research analysts anticipate that JD Sports Fashion will post 15.04 EPS for the current 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.