AJ Bell plc (AJB.L) – What Are Researchers Thinking About This Stock?

Shares of AJ Bell plc (LON:AJB) have been given an average recommendation of “Hold” by the eight ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 1,276.25.

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 700 target price on shares of AJ Bell in a research report on Thursday, October 22nd. Berenberg Bank reduced their target price on shares of AJ Bell from GBX 590 to GBX 580 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, October 23rd. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 700 price objective on shares of AJ Bell in a report on Friday, October 23rd.

AJ Bell Price Performance

LON:AJB opened at GBX 576.50 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 588.65 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 549.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.73, a quick ratio of 7.16 and a current ratio of 109.52. The firm has a market capitalization of £2.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.01, a P/E/G ratio of 5.73 and a beta of 0.87. AJ Bell has a 52-week low of GBX 414.40 and a 52-week high of GBX 662.50.

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.