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JD Sports Fashion - Brokers forecast eps growth of 51% in three years

March 2018

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  • Epic Code:
  • JD.
  • Price:
  • 356p
Athleisure is expected to drive an 8% surge in sportswear sales in 2017 and analysts suggest increased focus on health and wellbeing, the influence of high profile fitness bloggers and Government upgrades to cycle routes (I’m suffering from the closure of the Chelsea embankment to this, Editor) are key factors in pump priming the trend further still.The subject of this article, JD Sports Fashion, owns over 1,000 sports clothing and footwear stores across the UK and Europe and is a key beneficiary of this trend, thanks to priceless supply deals with Nike and Adidas, giving it access to exclusive lines. Pretax profit has increased from just £14m in FY’05 to £157m in FY’16 while following a “reverse profit warning” on 16 January, whic ...

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