AJ Bell plc (LON:AJB) Receives GBX 528.75 Consensus Price Target from Brokerages

Shares of AJ Bell plc (LON:AJB) have been given an average rating of “Hold” by the eight brokerages that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, four have given a hold recommendation and three have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price target among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 528.75.

Several analysts recently issued reports on AJB shares. UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 520 price objective on shares of AJ Bell in a report on Friday, January 16th. Citigroup upped their target price on AJ Bell from GBX 440 to GBX 475 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday, October 20th. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price target on AJ Bell from GBX 590 to GBX 625 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Shore Capital Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 600 price target on shares of AJ Bell in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Beaufort Securities restated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 490 price objective on shares of AJ Bell in a report on Friday, December 5th.

Insider Activity at AJ Bell

In other AJ Bell news, insider Peter Birch purchased 4,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 4th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 490 per share, for a total transaction of £19,600. 24.01% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

AJ Bell Stock Down 0.2%

AJ Bell stock opened at GBX 456.20 on Thursday. AJ Bell has a twelve month low of GBX 355.20 and a twelve month high of GBX 578.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.46, a quick ratio of 7.16 and a current ratio of 3.63. The firm has a market cap of £1.82 billion, a PE ratio of 17.85, a P/E/G ratio of 5.73 and a beta of 0.99. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 460.58 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 502.04.

About AJ Bell

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.