Dunelm Group (LON:DNLM) Stock Price Down 19.5% – What’s Next?

Dunelm Group plc (LON:DNLM)’s share price traded down 19.5% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as low as GBX 941.50 and last traded at GBX 941.50. 3,357,217 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 213% from the average session volume of 1,072,808 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 1,170.

Key Stories Impacting Dunelm Group

Here are the key news stories impacting Dunelm Group this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Shore Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating on Dunelm, which provides broker support that can help limit downside or attract buyers. Shore Capital reaffirms buy (Digital Look)
• Positive Sentiment: Technical note — Dunelm’s share price recently crossed above its 200-day moving average, a bullish technical signal that may attract momentum traders. Share price crosses above 200-day MA (American Banking News)
• Negative Sentiment: Investors Chronicle reports Dunelm shares tumbled after festive demand was weaker than expected — this retail demand miss is weighing on near-term revenue visibility. Dunelm shares tumble as festive demand takes a hit (Investors Chronicle)
• Negative Sentiment: Company update / earnings coverage indicates Q2 sales growth has slowed and management warned full-year profit could be at the low end of expectations — a clear fundamental catalyst behind today’s sell-off. Q2 sales growth slows; profit warning (Investing.com)

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

DNLM has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada raised shares of Dunelm Group to an “outperform” rating and upped their target price for the company from GBX 1,200 to GBX 1,300 in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 1,360 target price on shares of Dunelm Group in a report on Friday, October 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on Dunelm Group from GBX 1,140 to GBX 1,240 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target on Dunelm Group from GBX 1,755 to GBX 1,817 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Shore Capital reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Dunelm Group in a research note on Thursday. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Dunelm Group presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 1,397.13.

Dunelm Group Stock Up 0.8%

The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 1,113.57 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 1,140.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 236.84, a quick ratio of 0.16 and a current ratio of 1.04. The company has a market cap of £1.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.36, a PEG ratio of -10.32 and a beta of 1.18.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Luisa Wright sold 2,257 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 1,121, for a total transaction of £25,300.97. Also, insider Daniel Taylor purchased 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 1,163 per share, with a total value of £46,520. Over the last ninety days, insiders have acquired 17,790 shares of company stock worth $20,056,160 and have sold 61,854 shares worth $70,913,541. 34.16% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Dunelm Group Company Profile

Dunelm is the UK’s market leader in homewares with a purpose ‘to help create the joy of truly feeling at home, now and for generations to come’. Its specialist customer proposition offers value, quality, choice and style across an extensive range of c.70,000 products, spanning multiple homewares and furniture categories and including services such as Made to Measure window treatments.

The business was founded in 1979 by the Adderley family, beginning as a curtains stall on Leicester market before expanding its store footprint.