Dixons Carphone plc (DC) is a leading specialty retail business based in the UK. It opened the day at 131p after a previous close of 129.8p. During the day the price has varied from a low of 127.5p to a high of 131p. The latest price was 128.5p (25 minute delay). Dixons Carphone is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and employs 35,046 staff. All prices are listed in pence sterling.
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Since the stock market crash that started in February 2020, Dixons Carphone's share price has had significant negative movement.
Its last market close was 123.1p, which is 8.34% down on its pre-crash value of 134.3p and 130.09% up on the lowest point reached during the March 2020 crash when the shares fell as low as 53.5p.
If you had bought £1,000 worth of Dixons Carphone shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth £511.04 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth £914.90.
| Open | 131p |
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| High | 131p |
| Low | 127.5p |
| Close | 128.5p |
| Previous close | 129.8p |
| Change | -1.3p |
| Change % | -1.0015% |
| Volume | 2,435,755 |
| 52-week range | 91.3806p - 159.1661p |
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| 50-day moving average | 137.5686p |
| 200-day moving average | 136.2695p |
| Wall St. target price | 178.64p |
| PE ratio | 135.3 |
| Dividend yield | 3p (2.16%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | 1p |
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Historical closes compared with the last close of 128.5p
| 1 week (2021-10-11) | 6.46% |
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| 1 month (2021-09-15) | -5.03% |
| 3 months (2021-07-16) | 4.73% |
| 6 months (2021-04-16) | -10.64% |
| 1 year (2020-10-16) | 23.32% |
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| 2 years (2019-10-18) | -4.25% |
| 3 years (2018-10-18) | -20.65% |
| 5 years (2016-10-18) | -61.53% |
Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value.
Dixons Carphone's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 135x. In other words, Dixons Carphone shares trade at around 135x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the FTSE 250 at the end of September 2019 (19.71). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Dixons Carphone's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is £342 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Dixons Carphone's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | £10.3 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 2.29% |
| Gross profit TTM | £1.8 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 2.03% |
| Return on equity TTM | 0% |
| Profit margin | 0.12% |
| Book value | 2.078p |
| Market capitalisation | £1.6 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend yield: 2.16% of stock value
Forward annual dividend yield: 2.16% of stock value
Dixons Carphone has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 2.16% of its share value annually.
The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 19 August 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Dixons Carphone's shares have ranged in value from as little as 91.3806p up to 159.1661p. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (LSE average) beta is 1, while Dixons Carphone's is 1.5222. This would suggest that Dixons Carphone's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
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