AJ Bell plc (LON:AJB) Given Consensus Rating of “Hold” by Analysts

AJ Bell plc (LON:AJB) has been given an average recommendation of “Hold” by the eight analysts that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 1,265.

Several equities analysts have recently commented on the company. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 630 price objective on shares of AJ Bell in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Citigroup upped their target price on AJ Bell from GBX 5,200 to GBX 6,000 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Berenberg Bank increased their price target on shares of AJ Bell from GBX 560 to GBX 590 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price target on shares of AJ Bell from GBX 500 to GBX 510 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Friday, May 15th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 625 price objective on shares of AJ Bell in a report on Friday, May 15th.

AJ Bell Stock Performance

Shares of AJB opened at GBX 616 on Monday. 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. The company has a market cap of £2.43 billion, a PE ratio of 20.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.73 and a beta of 0.87. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 605.40 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 539.89.

AJ Bell (LON:AJB) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 21st. The company reported GBX 14.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. AJ Bell had a net margin of 35.42% and a return on equity of 57.35%. The company had revenue of £182.96 million during the quarter. As a group, equities analysts forecast that AJ Bell will post 23.8118812 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.