AJ Bell plc (LON:AJB) Given Average Recommendation of “Hold” by Brokerages

AJ Bell plc (LON:AJB – Get Free Report) has earned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the eight research firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 1,261.25.

Several analysts have issued reports on AJB shares. Berenberg Bank upped their target price on AJ Bell from GBX 490 to GBX 560 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, May 22nd. Citigroup increased their price target on AJ Bell from GBX 5,200 to GBX 6,000 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Shore Capital Group reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of AJ Bell in a report on Friday, April 24th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 625 price target on shares of AJ Bell in a report on Friday, May 15th. Finally, UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 630 price target on shares of AJ Bell in a report on Monday, May 18th.

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Shares of LON:AJB opened at GBX 605 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 7.16, a current ratio of 109.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.73. The business has a fifty day moving average of GBX 559.67 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 492.03. The stock has a market cap of £2.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.95, a PEG ratio of 5.73 and a beta of 0.86. AJ Bell has a 52-week low of GBX 414.40 and a 52-week high of GBX 651.34.

AJ Bell (LON:AJB – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 21st. The company reported GBX 14.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The company 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%. On average, research analysts expect that AJ Bell will post 23.8118812 earnings per share for the current year.

About AJ Bell

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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.

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