Alison Brittain Acquires 10,000 Shares of Dunelm Group (LON:DNLM) Stock

Dunelm Group plc (LON:DNLM) insider Alison Brittain bought 10,000 shares of Dunelm Group stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 9th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 732 per share, for a total transaction of £73,200.

Dunelm Group Price Performance

Shares of DNLM stock opened at GBX 769.27 on Thursday. The business’s fifty day moving average is GBX 856.96 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 831.82. The company has a quick ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 258.52. The stock has a market cap of £1.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.47, a PEG ratio of -10.32 and a beta of 0.97. Dunelm Group plc has a twelve month low of GBX 707 and a twelve month high of GBX 1,174.

Dunelm Group (LON:DNLM) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, September 8th. The company reported GBX 77 EPS for the quarter. Dunelm Group had a net margin of 8.52% and a return on equity of 99.65%. Research analysts expect that Dunelm Group plc will post 77.0957096 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Key Stories Impacting Dunelm Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Dunelm reported improved full-year revenue, broadly flat profit before tax and an increased dividend, indicating continued operational resilience and shareholder-return support. Dunelm Group full-year results
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support remains broadly favorable. Berenberg reaffirmed its “buy” rating with a GBX 1,200 target, while Shore Capital maintained “buy” with a GBX 1,000 target. These targets imply substantial potential upside from recent trading levels. Dunelm analyst ratings
• Neutral Sentiment: JPMorgan retained an “overweight” rating but reduced its target from GBX 1,225 to GBX 1,050, suggesting continued confidence in the business alongside more cautious expectations for valuation or earnings. JPMorgan Dunelm rating
• Neutral Sentiment: Deutsche Bank also kept a “buy” rating while cutting its target from GBX 1,050 to GBX 1,000. The simultaneous target reductions from major brokers point to softer near-term assumptions despite positive recommendations.
• Negative Sentiment: The company’s growth plan failed to reassure the market because the faster expansion strategy is expected to create near-term profit pressure. The resulting selloff reflects concern that investment spending may outpace earnings growth in the short term. Dunelm growth plan and share decline

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on DNLM shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on shares of Dunelm Group from GBX 1,225 to GBX 1,050 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 1,200 price target on shares of Dunelm Group in a research report on Wednesday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price target on Dunelm Group from GBX 1,050 to GBX 1,000 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Shore Capital Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 1,000 price objective on shares of Dunelm Group in a research report on Tuesday. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Dunelm Group currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 1,117.22.

About Dunelm Group

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.