Dunelm Group (LON:DNLM) Stock: Insider Clodagh Moriarty Sells 47,817 Shares

Key Points

• Insider sale: Clodagh Moriarty sold 47,817 Dunelm Group shares at an average price of GBX 800, totaling approximately £382,536.
• Stock performance: DNLM shares opened at GBX 802.50, with a market capitalization of about £1.62 billion and a 52-week range of GBX 707 to GBX 1,174.
• Analyst outlook: Eight analysts rate the stock Buy and one rates it Sell, resulting in a “Moderate Buy” consensus and an average price target of GBX 1,111.11.

Dunelm Group plc (LON:DNLM - Get Free Report) insider Clodagh Moriarty sold 47,817 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 800, for a total transaction of £382,536.

Dunelm Group Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of DNLM stock opened at GBX 802.50 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.62 billion, a PE ratio of 10.92, a PEG ratio of -10.32 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 258.52, a quick ratio of 0.16 and a current ratio of 1.02. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 845.27 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 814.04. Dunelm Group plc has a 52-week low of GBX 707 and a 52-week high of GBX 1,174.

Dunelm Group (LON:DNLM - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, September 8th. The company reported GBX 77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Dunelm Group had a return on equity of 99.65% and a net margin of 8.52%. On average, analysts predict that Dunelm Group plc will post 77.0957096 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on DNLM. Shore Capital Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 1,000 target price on shares of Dunelm Group in a report on Friday, September 18th. Canaccord Genuity Group decreased their price objective on Dunelm Group from GBX 1,240 to GBX 1,185 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, September 10th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective on Dunelm Group from GBX 1,225 to GBX 1,050 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, September 9th. Berenberg Bank reiterated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 1,200 target price on shares of Dunelm Group in a research report on Wednesday, September 9th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their target price on shares of Dunelm Group from GBX 1,050 to GBX 1,000 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, September 9th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of GBX 1,111.11.

Dunelm Group Company Profile

Dunelm is the UK's market leader in homewares with a purpose 'to help create the joy of truly feeling at home, now and for generations to come'. Its specialist customer proposition offers value, quality, choice and style across an extensive range of c.70,000 products, spanning multiple homewares and furniture categories and including services such as Made to Measure window treatments. The business was founded in 1979 by the Adderley family, beginning as a curtains stall on Leicester market before expanding its store footprint.

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