J Sainsbury plc (LON:SBRY - Get Free Report) passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 258.11 ($3.43) and traded as high as GBX 269.80 ($3.59). J Sainsbury shares last traded at GBX 263.40 ($3.50), with a volume of 11,964,226 shares changing hands.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
SBRY has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Shore Capital restated a "house stock" rating on shares of J Sainsbury in a report on Thursday, April 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on shares of J Sainsbury from GBX 310 ($4.12) to GBX 305 ($4.05) and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 13th.
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J Sainsbury Stock Down 1.7 %
The firm has a market cap of £6.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.43, a P/E/G ratio of 0.42 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 95.36, a current ratio of 0.66 and a quick ratio of 0.53. The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 247.04 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 257.61.
J Sainsbury (LON:SBRY - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 17th. The grocer reported GBX 23.10 ($0.31) EPS for the quarter. J Sainsbury had a return on equity of 1.94% and a net margin of 0.42%. Sell-side analysts predict that J Sainsbury plc will post 25.7241977 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Insider Buying and Selling at J Sainsbury
In other J Sainsbury news, insider Bl á thnaid Bergin sold 41,221 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 260 ($3.46), for a total transaction of £107,174.60 ($142,462.58). Company insiders own 5.40% of the company's stock.
About J Sainsbury
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J Sainsbury plc is one of the UK's leading food, general merchandise and clothing retailers.
Offering delicious, great quality food at competitive prices has been at the heart of what we do since we opened our first store in 1869. Today, inspiring and delighting our customers with tasty food remains our priority.
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