AJ Bell (LON:AJB) Insider Peter Birch Sells 37,924 Shares

AJ Bell plc (LON:AJB) insider Peter Birch sold 37,924 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, October 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 543, for a total value of £205,927.32.

AJ Bell Price Performance

AJB opened at GBX 528.14 on Friday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 519.14 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 489.15. The company has a quick ratio of 7.16, a current ratio of 3.63 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.46. The stock has a market cap of £2.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 2,446.23, a P/E/G ratio of 5.73 and a beta of 0.99. AJ Bell plc has a 12 month low of GBX 355.20 and a 12 month high of GBX 558.50.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have issued reports on AJB. UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 550 target price on shares of AJ Bell in a report on Friday. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their target price on AJ Bell from GBX 590 to GBX 625 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Berenberg Bank lifted their target price on AJ Bell from GBX 420 to GBX 490 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, July 28th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their target price on AJ Bell from GBX 600 to GBX 625 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 3rd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on AJ Bell from GBX 440 to GBX 460 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Friday, July 25th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of GBX 534.29.

AJ Bell Company Profile

Established in 1995, AJ Bell is one of the largest investment platforms in the UK, operating at scale in both the advised and direct-to-consumer markets.

Our purpose is to help people invest by providing them with easy access to Pensions, ISAs and General investment accounts, great customer service and competitive charges.

Our two core platform propositions are AJ Bell in the D2C market and AJ Bell Investcentre in the advised market, which both provide access to a broad investment range including shares and other instruments traded on the major stock exchanges around the world, as well as all mainstream collective investments available in the UK and our own range of AJ Bell funds.