Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) Hits New 1-Year High After Analyst Upgrade

Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW) hit a new 52-week high during trading on Thursday after Peel Hunt upgraded the stock to a buy rating. Peel Hunt now has a £180 price target on the stock, up from their previous price target of £165. Games Workshop Group traded as high as £177.80 and last traded at £177.60, with a volume of 406503 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at £160.90.

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price objective on Games Workshop Group from £118.50 to £183 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 12th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, Games Workshop Group currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of £181.50.

Games Workshop Group Stock Up 1.7%

The company has a quick ratio of 2.33, a current ratio of 3.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.77. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of £152.49 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of £155.91. The company has a market capitalization of £6.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.28, a P/E/G ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 1.25.

About Games Workshop Group

Games Workshop Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells miniature figures and games in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Core and Licensing. The company offers games under the Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, and Warhammer 40,000 names, as well as Horus Heresy and Blood Bowl.