AJ Bell (LON:AJB) Given Buy Rating at Jefferies Financial Group

AJ Bell (LON:AJB)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reissued by equities research analysts at Jefferies Financial Group in a research note issued on Thursday, Marketbeat.com reports. They currently have a GBX 700 target price on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group‘s target price points to a potential upside of 18.44% from the stock’s previous close.

Separately, Berenberg Bank increased their price objective on shares of AJ Bell from GBX 560 to GBX 590 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, AJ Bell presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of GBX 1,273.12.

AJ Bell Stock Performance

LON:AJB opened at GBX 591 on Thursday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 593.46 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 584.87. The stock has a market capitalization of £2.32 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.49, a P/E/G ratio of 5.73 and a beta of 0.87. AJ Bell has a 12-month low of GBX 414.40 and a 12-month high of GBX 662.50. The company has a current ratio of 109.52, a quick ratio of 7.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.73.

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.