Wickes Group (LON:WIX) Reaches New 52-Week High – Should You Buy?

Shares of Wickes Group plc (LON:WIX) reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Thursday . The company traded as high as GBX 182 ($2.27) and last traded at GBX 180.10 ($2.24), with a volume of 1495295 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 173.80 ($2.16).

Wickes Group Trading Up 3.6 %

The firm has a market capitalization of £427.00 million, a PE ratio of 1,500.83, a P/E/G ratio of 0.79 and a beta of 0.78. The firm has a fifty day moving average of GBX 151.75 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 156.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 454.31, a quick ratio of 0.58 and a current ratio of 1.10.

Wickes Group Company Profile

Wickes is one of the UK’s best known home improvement retailers. Having opened our first store in 1972 we now have over 230 stores across the UK, employing 8,500 colleagues and offering products ranging from kitchens and bathrooms, to paint, tools and timber.

Wickes is a successful, growing, cash generative and profitable business, operating in the large and growing £25 billion UK Home Improvement market.