Watches of Switzerland Group plc (LON:WOSG) Receives Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Shares of Watches of Switzerland Group plc (LON:WOSG) have been given an average rating of “Moderate Buy” by the six ratings firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and four have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price target among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 496.67 ($6.17).

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on WOSG shares. Shore Capital restated a “not rated” rating on shares of Watches of Switzerland Group in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 575 ($7.14) target price on shares of Watches of Switzerland Group in a research note on Friday, December 6th.

Watches of Switzerland Group Stock Performance

Shares of WOSG stock opened at GBX 553.41 ($6.87) on Friday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 529.56 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 455.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 109.69, a current ratio of 1.95 and a quick ratio of 0.48. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2,213.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 2.17. Watches of Switzerland Group has a 12-month low of GBX 324 ($4.02) and a 12-month high of GBX 600 ($7.45).

Watches of Switzerland Group (LON:WOSG) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December 5th. The company reported GBX 18.10 ($0.22) earnings per share for the quarter. Watches of Switzerland Group had a net margin of 3.84% and a return on equity of 11.91%. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Watches of Switzerland Group will post 42.739726 EPS for the current year.

About Watches of Switzerland Group

Established in 2007 the Watches of Switzerland Group is the UK’s largest luxury watch retailer, operating in the UK, US and Europe comprising seven prestigious brands; Watches of Switzerland (UK and US), Mappin & Webb (UK), Goldsmiths (UK), Mayors (US), Betteridge (US), Hodinkee and Analog:Shift (US) with a complementary jewellery offering.