Dunelm Group (LON:DNLM) Stock: Insider Katharine Poulter Purchases 2,500 Shares

Dunelm Group plc (LON:DNLM) insider Katharine Poulter bought 2,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 24th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 783 per share, for a total transaction of £19,575.

Dunelm Group Trading Up 1.2%

LON:DNLM opened at GBX 784.50 on Friday. Dunelm Group plc has a 52-week low of GBX 707 and a 52-week high of GBX 1,174. The company has a quick ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 258.52. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 848.65 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 815.76. The company has a market capitalization of £1.58 billion, a PE ratio of 10.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -10.32 and a beta of 0.97.

Dunelm Group (LON:DNLM) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, September 8th. The company reported GBX 77 earnings per share for the quarter. Dunelm Group had a net margin of 8.52% and a return on equity of 99.65%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Dunelm Group plc will post 77.0957096 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Canaccord Genuity Group cut their price target on Dunelm Group from GBX 1,240 to GBX 1,185 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, September 10th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on shares of Dunelm Group from GBX 1,225 to GBX 1,050 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, September 9th. Shore Capital Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 1,000 target price on shares of Dunelm Group in a report on Friday, September 18th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their price target on shares of Dunelm Group from GBX 1,050 to GBX 1,000 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, September 9th. Finally, Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 1,200 price objective on shares of Dunelm Group in a research report on Wednesday, September 9th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 1,111.11.

Dunelm Group Company Profile

Dunelm is the UK’s market leader in homewares with a purpose ‘to help create the joy of truly feeling at home, now and for generations to come’. Its specialist customer proposition offers value, quality, choice and style across an extensive range of c.70,000 products, spanning multiple homewares and furniture categories and including services such as Made to Measure window treatments.

The business was founded in 1979 by the Adderley family, beginning as a curtains stall on Leicester market before expanding its store footprint.