Wickes Group plc (LON:WIX - Get Free Report) shot up 16.3% during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as GBX 178.60 ($2.21) and last traded at GBX 178.20 ($2.21). 4,107,257 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 229% from the average session volume of 1,249,117 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 153.20 ($1.90).
Wickes Group Trading Down 5.9 %
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 company's 50-day moving average is GBX 152.81 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 157.17. The company has a market cap 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.
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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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