AJ Bell plc (LON:AJB) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” from Analysts

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 reports. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 1,261.25.

AJB has been the topic of several recent research reports. Citigroup lifted their target price on shares of AJ Bell from GBX 5,200 to GBX 6,000 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Berenberg Bank raised their price target on shares of AJ Bell from GBX 490 to GBX 560 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, May 22nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price objective on AJ Bell from GBX 600 to GBX 675 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 9th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price objective on AJ Bell from GBX 500 to GBX 510 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Friday, May 15th. Finally, UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 630 target price on shares of AJ Bell in a report on Monday, May 18th.

AJ Bell Stock Performance

AJB opened at GBX 635 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 579.21 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 501.47. 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 stock has a market cap of £2.51 billion, a PE ratio of 20.94, a P/E/G ratio of 5.73 and a beta of 0.86. AJ Bell has a 1 year low of GBX 414.40 and a 1 year high of GBX 662.50.

AJ Bell (LON:AJB) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 21st. The company reported GBX 14.70 EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of £182.96 million during the quarter. AJ Bell had a return on equity of 57.35% and a net margin of 35.42%. Sell-side analysts forecast that AJ Bell will post 23.8118812 EPS for the current year.

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.