JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD) Insider Buys £98,939.70 in Stock

JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD) insider Regis Schultz bought 109,933 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 14th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 90 ($1.10) per share, for a total transaction of £98,939.70 ($120,379.24).

JD Sports Fashion Stock Performance

JD opened at GBX 85.04 ($1.03) on Friday. 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 stock has a market capitalization of £4.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 850.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.65. The business’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 101.47 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 121.14.

JD Sports Fashion Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 6th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 7th were paid a GBX 0.33 ($0.00) dividend. This represents a yield of 0.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, November 7th. JD Sports Fashion’s payout ratio is currently 1,000.00%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

JD has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded JD Sports Fashion to a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 105 ($1.28) target price for the company. in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “sell” rating and issued a GBX 110 ($1.34) price objective on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. Finally, Shore Capital restated a “buy” rating on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research report on Tuesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 446 ($5.43).

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.