Wickes Group (WIX) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Wickes is a digitally-led, service-enabled home improvement retailer, delivering choice, convenience, value and best-in-class service to customers across the United Kingdom, making it well placed to outperform its growing markets. In response to gradual structural shifts in its markets over recent years, Wickes has a balanced business focusing on three key customer journeys - TradePro, DIY (together reported as Retail) and our project-based Design & Installation division. Wickes operates from its network of 230 stores, which support nationwide fulfilment from convenient locations throughout the United Kingdom, and through its digital channels including its website, TradePro mobile app for trade members, and Wickes DIY app. These digital channels allow customers to research and order an extended range of Wickes products and services, arrange virtual and in-person design consultations, and organise convenient Home Delivery or Click & Collect.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 203 to 206
• 50-Day Range: 177.22 to 209.76
• 52-Week Range: 169.20 to 255
• Volume: 314,388 shs
• Average Volume: 1.63 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £445.09 million
• P/E Ratio: 12.61
• Dividend Yield: 5.47%
• Price Target: GBX 238.33
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Wickes Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Wickes Group scored higher than 82% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Wickes Group has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Wickes Group has a consensus price target of GBX 238.33, representing about 17.4% upside from its current price of GBX 203.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Wickes Group has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Wickes Group is 12.61, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.75.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Wickes Group is 12.61, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 78.71.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Wickes Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.79. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Wickes Group has a P/B Ratio of 3.27. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for WIX.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Wickes Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.47%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Wickes Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Wickes Group is 67.70%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.44

News Sentiment

Wickes Group has a news sentiment score of 0.44. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.68 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Wickes Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 7 people have searched for WIX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Wickes Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.70% of the stock of Wickes Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

58.47% of the stock of Wickes Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 9/15/2026
• Today: 10/14/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: Application Software
• Current Symbol: LON:WIX
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.wickesplc.co.uk
• Phone: 44 19 2365 6600
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 5,930
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Wickes Group: GBX 238.33
• High Price Target: GBX 280
• Low Price Target: GBX 165
• Potential Upside/Downside: +17.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 16.10
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.61
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.51
• P/E Growth: 0.79
• Net Income: £29.25 million
• Net Margins: 2.23%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 30.64%
• Return on Assets: 3.77%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 638.77
• Current Ratio: 1.03
• Quick Ratio: 0.58

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £1.65 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.27
• Cash Flow: GBX 94.98 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 2.14
• Book Value: GBX 62.09 per share
• Price / Book: 3.27

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 219,258,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £445.09 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.86