Wickes Group (LON:WIX) Shares Up 16.3% - Still a Buy?

Wickes Group plc (LON:WIX - Get Free Report)'s stock price rose 16.3% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 178.60 ($2.21) and last traded at GBX 178.20 ($2.21). Approximately 4,107,257 shares changed 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 Down 5.9 %

The stock has a market cap 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. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 152.81 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 157.17. The company has a quick ratio of 0.58, a current ratio of 1.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 454.31.

About Wickes Group

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.