JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD) Insider Buys £29,821.44 in Stock

JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD) insider Andy Long acquired 31,064 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 21st. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 96 ($1.20) per share, for a total transaction of £29,821.44 ($37,384.28).

JD Sports Fashion Trading Down 2.1 %

Shares of JD stock opened at GBX 93.46 ($1.17) on Friday. The company has a market cap of £4.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 934.60, a P/E/G ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.65. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 134 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 128.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 133.23, a current ratio of 1.42 and a quick ratio of 0.71.

JD Sports Fashion Cuts Dividend

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have issued reports on JD. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered JD Sports Fashion to a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 105 ($1.32) target price on the stock. in a report on Friday. Shore Capital restated a “buy” rating on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “sell” rating and set a GBX 110 ($1.38) target price on shares of JD Sports Fashion in a research report on Friday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 446 ($5.59).

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.