AJ Bell (LON:AJB) Stock Rating Reaffirmed by Numis Securities

AJ Bell (LON:AJB – Get Rating)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reiterated by stock analysts at Numis Securities in a note issued to investors on Thursday, Marketbeat Ratings reports.

AJB has been the topic of several other reports. Shore Capital restated a “hold” rating on shares of AJ Bell in a research note on Thursday, December 1st. Barclays reaffirmed an “underweight” rating and set a GBX 280 ($3.42) price target on shares of AJ Bell in a research report on Friday, December 2nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 338.33 ($4.13).

AJ Bell Stock Up 0.8 %

Shares of AJB stock opened at GBX 343.40 ($4.19) on Thursday. AJ Bell has a 1-year low of GBX 242.80 ($2.96) and a 1-year high of GBX 404.07 ($4.93). The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 359.39 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 321.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.47, a current ratio of 7.55 and a quick ratio of 7.16. The company has a market cap of £1.41 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,121.82.

Insider Activity

In other AJ Bell news, insider Roger Stott sold 17,887 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 357 ($4.36), for a total transaction of £63,856.59 ($77,921.40). In other news, insider Michael Thomas Summersgill sold 100,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 366 ($4.47), for a total value of £366,000 ($446,613.79). Also, insider Roger Stott sold 17,887 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 357 ($4.36), for a total value of £63,856.59 ($77,921.40). Insiders purchased a total of 124 shares of company stock valued at $45,034 in the last quarter.

AJ Bell Company Profile

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AJ Bell plc, through its subsidiaries, operates investment platforms in the United Kingdom. The company offers AJ Bell Investcentre, which provides a suite of products, services, investment solutions, and online tools for regulated financial advisers and wealth managers to help them manage retail customers' portfolio; and AJ Bell, an investment platform proposition that include investment solutions through in-house funds, ready-made portfolios, and guidance through the AJ Bell funds list to execution-only retail customers, as well as cash savings solutions.