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Looking back at the share price on the lead up to the trading update at this time last year. The share price went from the 120s to 140s in a month. After the update, the share price slowly eroded to a low of mid 60s over an 8 month period. As previous mentioned, bought in at the end of November when price was in the low 90s and have had a paper loss ever since. Was hoping for a turn around when buying the shares. This share described as a growth share, paying a pitiful dividend has certainly not grown in my time. Would hate to see a repeat performance of the share price towards the end of this year. Saw Adidas price dropped on what I would say is not too bad on Q2 sales of 5.9 billion euros, giving the company gross profits of 3 billion euros. All in on this share at the moment but going forward, I am going to diversify to buy shares giving growth and income if this share does show a rise. Hopefully the acquisitions start to pay off and the tariff issues will sort themselves out. So Nike, Puma and now Adidas have posted trading updates that have all affected the JD price short term. GLA who hold here.

Gary, can you explain how JD Sports is too expensive and outdated? Maybe I should sell all my shares on Monday morning as I was not aware that I bought a stock that is expensive in an outdated company. I await your answer with eager anticipation.

A good point made regarding the revenue. If you look back details for the last 5 years in relation to financials for the company, those results were prior to the two acquisitions. If Hibbets and Courier have good trading then JD should be looking to earn profits in the region of over £900 million.

Last year, I bought into JD at a good entry point but sold way too early. Sold at 134 but could have sold for 160. This time, I want to make a good profit as I have suffered large paper losses since November last year, nearly 6 months of being under water. Just going to keep reading the information that we can access and will hold until I get a good return.

Good to see momentum. Having bought the majority of my Holdings in November last year, my average is 97. It was a frustrating time to see the SP continually drop to nearly 60p. My paper loss was over 36%. Today, my paper loss is 13% so an improvement. After 97p, I can look at a paper gain. As mentioned before my big decision will be when the SP hopefully reaches 150p. That figure will give my retirement money 💰 pot a big lift. My time frame for this share will be after the summer world cup next year. Will buy a small amount on a monthly basis from my pension as it is better than the 1.5% the bank will give me. GLA.DYOR

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Like alot of you, expected more shares to be bought back. Someone could correct me but I was of the opinion that a company can only buy back a certain percentage of shares that are dealt on the LSE on a daily trading date so as not to spike the share price. At the current price, £100 million would buy approx. 140 million shares. There are about 80 trading days between now and the end of July so I would expect about 1.75 million shares bought on a daily basis at current price.

Behold, it depends on your long term goals. Looking at JD over the last year, the performance is down by over 48%. The question will be, will it recover?

There are short term headwinds with tariffs, cost of living, NIKE that will all affect sentiment. All shares have had their prices knocked down of late.

JD is a growth share, offering a very low dividend, less than 1p per share so you will not get a great return on income but if you can get a good return on the share price you could make a good profit.

Patience is key here.

I am holding for the remainder of the year if need be. Your choice on this one. My aveargevis 97 so I am under water by a mile at the moment. You have the opportunity to purchase at a low price. Entirely up to you. Nobody can give FA on here but as a private investor, I would make the purchase and hold onto them until things become clearer.

TomBeef, I too hold at an average of 97p. As I have mentioned previously, the world markets crashed when the Pandemic started and I was one of the lucky ones who bought at discounted prices. The world recovered along with share prices.

Last year at this time, the share price touched 134p at the trading announcement before falling back. It did take off in August, hitting over 160p.

We are in different times now, Trump tariffs have come at the wrong time investors throughout the world but at the same time, like FF mentioned, opportunities arise, shares can be bought at a reduced price. Profits can be made. I intend to hold my shares. Even if it is for another year. We all know the figures, hopefully over £900 million profit from £10 billon revenue. I don't have any spare cash to buy so have to sit on my hands and watch. As they say, you only lose money if you sell. I am not selling so my losses are paper losses. Next week is going to be interesting for all investors.

What a brutal day today was. Looking at the heat map for the FTSE 100 today, there was a lot of red so the market was brought down by the Trump tariff issue along with other events.

I am going to top up tomorrow with money that would normally sit in my bank current account so should be able to buy the lowest priced JD shares I will own.

I am not going to panic here. I can hold onto the shares for the long term if need be and still have my sell target of at least 150.00. As I have stated before, my average is just over 97.

2025 has been a tough year for people who bought into JD at the end of last year, like myself.

Long term holders, hang on in there.

Off Topic, I once held shares in NMC Health and after the stock market closed, all my shares were taken off the stock market. I lost a lot of money overnight and there was nothing I could do. I did buy into this company, knowing there was a risk but di not expect the BOD commit a huge Corporate Fraud and run off into the sunset with the proceeds.

I am just mentioning this to say that on this occasion, although I feel a bit frustrated holding this share, I am not expecting the same fate!.

Hold on folks and look back on this at a later date.

Thanks FF , Hoss and Carrot. I am with HL. I have a Joont Fund and Share Account with them and my wife and I both have individual share ISAs.

Last time HL informed me to sell the shares in my joint account, then wait 2 days on the funds being available. I then had to phone HL so that they could explain to me over the phone the ISA regulations. I then had to pass the phone to my wife so she could go through the security for access to her access. She then got the same ISA regulations explained to her. We were then able to transfer the funds into the ISAs and I then had to re purchase the shares. I had to pay selling fees to sell the shares. Pay buying fees and stamp duty to buy them back. The two day clearing period could either go for you or against you if the price rises or falls.

Sorry, a typo. Should read I do not want to pay CGT on my gains.

With the end of the current tax year approaching on the 5th April, with the new tax year starting prior to the trading update, I have a choice to make. I currently have JD shares in my Fund and Share Account. It is my intention to move the funds into my ISA Fund and Share Account.

Now I know that nobody can give me professional financial advice on this board but I assume others will be in a similar position to me. I am aware that I need to sell my shares, wait on the funds clearing and then arrange to move the funds into my ISA before I re-invest again, I.e buy more JD shares to replace the shares sold in my other account.

Do I hold the funds in cash until after the trading update as the update may cause a share price crash on the update and forward guidance or do I buy before the update as the update may push up the share price.

My other option is to just leave the shares in the F & S account until after the update and then sell, transfer and re buy.

The share price may not recover until the end of this year or even next year so want to want to pay capital gains tax on my JD shares in the future when I sell them at hopefully a good price.

FF, from your experience, which I appreciate is not being a financial advisor but a fellow individual investor, would be my best option. I was reading up on the recent ASOS update and although their update showed a trading loss, the share price spiked on the update day.

FF, I read your posts and appreciate your knowledge on this share. You have taken the risks but your knowledge and financial start from your Grandpa has helped but YOU alone have done yourself proud with the share trading on a daily basis. I have initially put a sell order in for 150.00 for my JD shares but I may review my decision if better news comes that will allow the share price to go higher. Sold out last year too early on JD at 134 and watched as it hit 160 a few weeks later so this time around I am going to learn from my mistakes. No dry powder available at the moment to purchase more, which is frustrating as the current price is a no brainer. Like all the long term holders on this board, we look for your posts and we all hope that the fundamentals of JD will turn the share price around. I will add small amounts when the spare cash becomes available to make the pension pot bigger.

Hoss, when I retired, I received a lump sum in 2020 and was able to invest in the FTSE after the covid crash. I chose shares in oil companies and banks. I later sold at a profit and decided to buy Global Funds, spreading the risk. The Global inflation issue, where the FED at the time delayed in pushing up interest rates spooked the US stock market where my Funds had American companies in them, I lost all my gains. I later sold the funds and started buying dividend shares, where I did not make a lot of money but received a good annual dividend. I sold those shares to buy JD, where I am well under water but hoping to sell either at the end of 2025 or if they recover to a price of 150 or more. It gave opportunities to people. If I had held onto my bank shares instead of selling them.......

Good to see positive days. I am still sitting over 17% paper loss, although it was touching 26% paper loss a week ago. Average is 97 so hoping by results date to be closer to breaking even. Long term holder, hoping to reach 150 by the end of the year.

Had a laugh to myself, I like your sense of humour Hoss.....as soon as the pendulum turns, they disappear. They were quite insistent that the share price would fall off a cliff. Wonder what their advice is today for all us long holders. :)

I am like a lot of you on this board and am sitting on a paper loss. I bought the majority of my JD shares at the end of November last year when the share price was in the 90's and my average from that amount is 97.70.

I bought more shares in January and February in small amounts. Average for that amount was 91.18.

My overall average is 96.93. I have no other spare cash to buy the shares at the current low prices so my paper loss is currently about 26%.

I don't intend to sell the shares at this low price so will just sit on the side lines and keep looking for any positive news from the company.

I have been fortunate in the past where I have bought when the share price was hitting lows and held until the share gained.

I am hoping like all investors of a decent trading update and forward guidance as this share seems to be stuck in a downward trend.

I am ignoring all the "spout" on this board from individuals who appear to enjoy the downward trend. Until the trading update is delivered, we can only sit and hope. I am in no rush to sell and aware that I only make a loss if I sell so keeping the shares till a recovery is under way.

I feel everyone's pain. I am all in on JD as well. Bought in at the start of 2024 after the first negative trading update and my average was about 112. Held until the trading update in August but sold too early at 134 and was annoyed that I did not hold a bit longer and watched it reach 160

Kept watching the share and bought in again in November when it dropped to just over 100. My current average is just over 97, so like everyone did not expect it to keep lowering to just under 80. Have bought a few times when the price was in the 80s so have another small pot that I keep separate from my larger pot of shares at an average of just over 92.

Hoping like everyone that March onwards will see a turn. Last year on the run up to the Msrch trading statement the price did increase to 134 so as FF mentioned in his post, we should see a steady rise. I do remember FF saying last year that there was a large buy order sitting after the trading update at a much lower price and the price did gradually fall back over April to that buy order value and I remember thinking at that time that I should have sold when the price was on an upward trend. As others have said on numerous occasions, we all know the fundamentals, hoping that profits will be at least £900 million. Keep positive folks.

For all JD share holders that like myself are under water at the minute, just think, JD made two acquisitions in 2024, Courier with a revenue of 700 million euros, Hibbet, over 1 billion dollars in revenue and JD alone making over 10 billion in revenue. The additions bringing total revenue of approx. 11.7 billion. Surely profit should nudge towards high 950 million to 1 billion.

Patience required here.

Back in 2020, when the markets crashed due to covid, I bought shares in all the UK banks. Sold them too early. I remember someone telling me that if I bought shares, I should hold for 5 years . Well looking at the UK bank stocks, in what would have been the fifth year of my investment, I would have trebled my money.

Different sector I know but just want to let people know that Patience may be required here. The company share price was worth 160p when it didn't include Hibbet and Courier so this year onwards, it should grow it's revenue so hopefully grow profits. Headwinds are against at the moment but hopefully will ease as we get through 2025.

My average is currently 97.59.