JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD) Given Average Rating of “Hold” by Brokerages

Shares of JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD) have earned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the seven brokerages that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12 month price target among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 114.75.

Several research firms have recently weighed in on JD. Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 155 price objective on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Citigroup increased their price target on JD Sports Fashion from GBX 95 to GBX 104 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, October 3rd. Shore Capital restated a “hold” rating on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price objective on JD Sports Fashion from GBX 100 to GBX 95 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, November 21st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a “no recommendation” rating on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a report on Thursday, January 22nd.

JD Sports Fashion Price Performance

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

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.