Wickes Group (LON:WIX) Shares Up 13.7% – Time to Buy?

Wickes Group plc (LON:WIX)’s stock price traded up 13.7% during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as GBX 178.20 ($2.22) and last traded at GBX 174.20 ($2.17). 3,636,989 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 197% from the average session volume of 1,224,366 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 153.20 ($1.91).

Wickes Group Stock Up 16.3 %

The company has a quick ratio of 0.58, a current ratio of 1.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 454.31. The stock has a market cap of £422.49 million, a P/E ratio of 1,485.00, a P/E/G ratio of 0.79 and a beta of 0.78. The company’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 150.66 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 156.34.

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.