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

Key Points

• Analyst consensus is “Hold”: Seven of nine analysts rate JD Sports Fashion as a hold, while two recommend buying. The average 12-month price target is GBX 191.89.
• Recent analyst views were mixed: Shore Capital downgraded the stock and cut its target to GBX 75, while Citigroup raised its target to GBX 87 and Berenberg maintained a buy rating with a GBX 150 target.
• Shares opened at GBX 80.34: The company has a £4.16 billion market capitalization, reported quarterly EPS of GBX 3.97, and insider Peter Agnefjäl purchased 320,000 shares at GBX 77 each.

Shares of JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD - Get Free Report) have earned a consensus recommendation of "Hold" from the nine analysts that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and two have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 191.89.

JD has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Peel Hunt reissued a "hold" rating on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. Shore Capital Group downgraded JD Sports Fashion to a "hold" rating and lowered their price target for the company from GBX 81 to GBX 75 in a report on Friday, October 2nd. Citigroup increased their price target on shares of JD Sports Fashion from GBX 83 to GBX 87 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Friday, August 21st. Berenberg Bank reissued a "buy" rating and set a GBX 150 price objective on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a report on Thursday, September 24th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada restated a "sector perform" rating and set a GBX 100 price objective on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research report on Monday, August 3rd.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Peter Agnefjäl purchased 320,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 25th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 77 per share, for a total transaction of £246,400. 51.91% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

JD Sports Fashion Stock Up 0.8%

Shares of LON:JD opened at GBX 80.34 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 84.62 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 80.52. The company has a current ratio of 1.42, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 133.23. The firm has a market capitalization of £4.16 billion, a PE ratio of 803.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.65.

JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September 23rd. The company reported GBX 3.97 EPS for the quarter. JD Sports Fashion had a net margin of 3.17% and a return on equity of 14.97%. On average, equities analysts anticipate that JD Sports Fashion will post 15.037961 EPS 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.

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