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Wickes Group (LON:WIX) Trading Up 13.7% - Here's What Happened

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Wickes Group plc (LON:WIX - Get Free Report)'s share price traded up 13.7% on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 178.20 ($2.21) and last traded at GBX 174.20 ($2.16). 3,636,989 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 197% from the average session volume of 1,224,366 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 153.20 ($1.90).

Wickes Group Trading Down 5.9 %

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 454.31, a current ratio of 1.10 and a quick ratio of 0.58. The business has a fifty day moving average of GBX 152.38 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 156.87. The stock has a market capitalization of £405.71 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,426.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.79 and a beta of 0.78.

About Wickes Group

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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.

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