JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD) Receives Average Recommendation of "Hold" from Brokerages

Key Points

• Consensus "Hold": Seven analysts give JD Sports a consensus rating of Hold (4 holds, 3 buys) with an average 12‑month price target of GBX 114.75, roughly 40% above the recent open of GBX 81.94.
• Wide analyst dispersion: Individual broker targets vary sharply — UBS at GBX 94, Berenberg GBX 155 and Peel Hunt GBX 200 — reflecting divergent views on JW's outlook.
• Valuation and leverage concerns: The company has a market cap of £4.24bn but an extremely high P/E of 819.40 and a debt-to-equity of 133.23, suggesting stretched earnings metrics and significant leverage.

Shares of JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD - Get Free Report) have received a consensus recommendation of "Hold" from the seven analysts that are covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and three have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 114.75.

JD has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a "no recommendation" rating on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Shore Capital reissued a "hold" rating on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. UBS Group reissued a "neutral" rating and issued a GBX 94 target price on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Peel Hunt reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 200 price target on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Berenberg Bank reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 155 price target on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd.

JD Sports Fashion Price Performance

LON:JD opened at GBX 81.94 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of £4.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 819.40, a P/E/G ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 133.23, a current ratio of 1.42 and a quick ratio of 0.71. The business's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 81.69 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 87.98.

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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