Wickes Group (LON:WIX) Reaches New 12-Month High – Here’s Why

Shares of Wickes Group plc (LON:WIX) hit a new 52-week high on Thursday . The company traded as high as GBX 182 ($2.26) and last traded at GBX 180.10 ($2.23), with a volume of 1495295 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 173.80 ($2.15).

Wickes Group Stock Performance

The stock’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 152.81 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 157.07. The company has a current ratio of 1.10, a quick ratio of 0.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 454.31. The firm has a market capitalization of £405.71 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,426.00, a PEG ratio of 0.79 and a beta of 0.78.

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.