NEXT plc (LON:NXT - Get Free Report)'s stock price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of £109.90 ($149.40) and traded as high as £123.63 ($168.06). NEXT shares last traded at £123.20 ($167.48), with a volume of 272,719 shares.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Separately, Shore Capital reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of NEXT in a research report on Thursday, May 8th.
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NEXT Trading Up 0.2%
The firm has a market cap of £14.34 billion, a PE ratio of 18.33, a PEG ratio of 5.66 and a beta of 1.37. The business has a 50-day moving average price of £125.42 and a two-hundred day moving average price of £110.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 76.08, a current ratio of 1.68 and a quick ratio of 1.07.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, insider Wolfson Aspley Guise sold 100,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of £123.62 ($168.05), for a total value of £12,362,000 ($16,805,328.98). Also, insider Jeremy Stakol purchased 270 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 23rd. The stock was purchased at an average price of £118.55 ($161.16) per share, with a total value of £32,008.50 ($43,513.46). Company insiders own 6.69% of the company's stock.
About NEXT
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Founded as a tailoring business in Leeds in 1864 by Joseph Hepworth and Son, today, the company offers clothing, footwear, accessories, beauty and home products to our UK and International customers.
NEXT has over 500 stores in the United Kingdom and Eire, and over 180 franchise branches across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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