Wickes Group (LON:WIX) Shares Up 13.7% – What’s Next?

Wickes Group plc (LON:WIX) shares were up 13.7% during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 178.20 ($2.21) and last traded at GBX 174.20 ($2.16). Approximately 3,636,989 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 197% from the average daily volume of 1,224,366 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 153.20 ($1.90).

Wickes Group Stock Performance

The company has a market cap of £427.00 million, a PE ratio of 1,500.83, a PEG ratio of 0.79 and a beta of 0.78. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 152.38 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 156.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 454.31, a current ratio of 1.10 and a quick ratio of 0.58.

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.