JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) Given Hold Rating at Shore Capital Group

JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD)‘s stock had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by research analysts at Shore Capital Group in a report released on Wednesday,London Stock Exchange reports.

Several other equities analysts have also commented on the stock. Berenberg Bank restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 155 price target on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research report on Thursday, July 2nd. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 840 target price on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. UBS Group restated a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 94 target price on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research report on Tuesday, May 5th. Citigroup dropped their price target on shares of JD Sports Fashion from GBX 86 to GBX 83 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a GBX 100 price target on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a report on Tuesday, June 23rd. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of GBX 233.

JD Sports Fashion Price Performance

Shares of JD opened at GBX 85.82 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 133.23, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a current ratio of 1.42. The stock’s 50 day moving average is GBX 82.53 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 78.80. The company has a market cap of £4.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 858.20, a P/E/G ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.65.

JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) last posted its earnings results on Monday, May 11th. The company reported GBX 8.63 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%.The company had revenue of GBX 1,266.20 billion for the quarter. As a group, research analysts anticipate that JD Sports Fashion will post 15.037961 earnings per share for the current year.

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.