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

AJ Bell plc (LON:AJB) has been given an average rating of “Hold” by the eight research firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and three have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year price target among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 1,261.25.

Several analysts have recently commented on AJB shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their target price on AJ Bell from GBX 600 to GBX 675 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 9th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 625 price target on shares of AJ Bell in a research report on Friday, May 15th. Shore Capital Group reissued a “hold” rating on shares of AJ Bell in a report on Friday, April 24th. Berenberg Bank boosted their target price 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. Finally, UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 630 price target on shares of AJ Bell in a research note on Monday, May 18th.

AJ Bell Stock Performance

LON:AJB opened at GBX 635 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of £2.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.73 and a beta of 0.86. 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 has a 1 year low of GBX 414.40 and a 1 year high of GBX 662.50. The firm has a 50 day moving average of GBX 579.21 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 501.47.

AJ Bell (LON:AJB) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 21st. The company reported GBX 14.70 earnings per share for the quarter. AJ Bell had a return on equity of 57.35% and a net margin of 35.42%.The firm had revenue of £182.96 million during the quarter. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that AJ Bell will post 23.8118812 EPS 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.