JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) Insider Peter Agnefjäl Acquires 320,000 Shares of Stock

JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD) insider Peter Agnefjäl acquired 320,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 25th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 77 per share, with a total value of £246,400.

JD Sports Fashion Stock Up 1.4%

Shares of LON JD traded up GBX 1.06 during midday trading on Monday, reaching GBX 77.50. 8,317,438 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 393,791. The stock’s 50 day moving average is GBX 85.76 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 80.25. The stock has a market cap of £4.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 775.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 133.23, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a current ratio of 1.42.

JD Sports Fashion (LON:JD) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September 23rd. The company reported GBX 3.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. JD Sports Fashion had a net margin of 3.17% and a return on equity of 14.97%. Equities analysts predict that JD Sports Fashion Plc will post 15.037961 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

JD has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Citigroup boosted their price target on shares of JD Sports Fashion from GBX 83 to GBX 87 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, August 21st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 95 price target on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a report on Thursday, September 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on shares of JD Sports Fashion from GBX 90 to GBX 86 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 21st. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and issued a GBX 100 target price on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a report on Monday, August 3rd. Finally, Shore Capital Group reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a GBX 75 target price on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research note on Monday, September 21st. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, JD Sports Fashion has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 191.89.

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.