Shore Capital restated their house stock rating on shares of J Sainsbury (LON:SBRY - Free Report) in a research report report published on Tuesday, Marketbeat reports.
J Sainsbury Price Performance
Shares of SBRY stock traded down GBX 6.23 ($0.09) on Tuesday, hitting GBX 280.37 ($3.85). 9,142,777 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 18,508,900. The firm has a market cap of £6.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.29, a PEG 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 firm has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 279.42 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 263.18. J Sainsbury has a 52 week low of GBX 223.40 ($3.07) and a 52 week high of GBX 301.40 ($4.14).
J Sainsbury (LON:SBRY - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, April 17th. The grocer reported GBX 23.10 ($0.32) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. J Sainsbury had a return on equity of 1.94% and a net margin of 0.42%. As a group, equities research analysts predict that J Sainsbury will post 25.7241977 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Insider Transactions at J Sainsbury
In related news, insider Simon Roberts sold 468,427 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 277 ($3.81), for a total value of £1,297,542.79 ($1,783,073.78). Also, insider Bl á thnaid Bergin sold 41,221 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 260 ($3.57), for a total transaction of £107,174.60 ($147,278.55). 5.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
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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