Wickes Group (LON:WIX) Shares Up 11.5% - Time to Buy?

Wickes Group plc (LON:WIX - Get Free Report)'s stock price rose 11.5% on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 172 ($2.14) and last traded at GBX 170.75 ($2.12). Approximately 1,103,794 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 1% from the average daily volume of 1,091,040 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 153.20 ($1.90).

Wickes Group Trading Down 5.9 %

The stock has a market capitalization of £405.71 million, a PE ratio of 1,426.00, a PEG ratio of 0.79 and a beta of 0.78. The company has a current ratio of 1.10, a quick ratio of 0.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 454.31. The business's 50-day moving average is GBX 152.38 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 156.87.

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.