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

Shares of Watches of Switzerland Group plc (LON:WOSG) have earned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the five ratings firms that are covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and three have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 480 ($6.06).

A number of research firms have weighed in on WOSG. Shore Capital reaffirmed a “not rated” rating on shares of Watches of Switzerland Group in a report on Friday, December 6th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 575 ($7.26) target price on shares of Watches of Switzerland Group in a research report on Friday, December 6th.

Watches of Switzerland Group Stock Down 3.9 %

WOSG stock opened at GBX 499.64 ($6.31) on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of £1.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.28, 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 ($4.09) and a 12 month high of GBX 600 ($7.57). The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 541.61 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 475.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 109.69, a current ratio of 1.95 and a quick ratio of 0.48.

Watches of Switzerland Group (LON:WOSG) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December 5th. The company reported GBX 18.10 ($0.23) EPS for the quarter. Watches of Switzerland Group had a net margin of 3.84% and a return on equity of 11.38%. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Watches of Switzerland Group will post 42.739726 earnings per share 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 (US) and Analog:Shift (US) with a complementary jewellery offering.