Wickes Group (LON:WIX) Trading Up 16.3% – Should You Buy?

Wickes Group plc (LON:WIX) rose 16.3% on Tuesday . The company traded as high as GBX 178.60 ($2.22) and last traded at GBX 178.20 ($2.21). Approximately 4,107,257 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 229% from the average daily volume of 1,249,117 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 153.20 ($1.90).

Wickes Group Stock Performance

The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 152.38 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 156.87. The stock has a market cap of £427.00 million, a P/E ratio of 1,500.83, a PEG ratio of 0.79 and a beta of 0.78. 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.