AJ Bell’s (AJB) “Buy” Rating Reaffirmed at Jefferies Financial Group

Jefferies Financial Group reiterated their buy rating on shares of AJ Bell (LON:AJB) in a research note published on Friday morning, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Jefferies Financial Group currently has a GBX 625 price objective on the stock.

A number of other equities analysts have also weighed in on the company. Berenberg Bank restated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 490 price target on shares of AJ Bell in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Shore Capital Group reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of AJ Bell in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on AJ Bell from GBX 500 to GBX 510 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Friday. Citigroup raised AJ Bell to a “neutral” rating and raised their target price for the stock from GBX 500 to GBX 520 in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 520 price target on shares of AJ Bell in a report on Friday, January 16th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 540.63.

AJ Bell Stock Performance

LON:AJB opened at GBX 514.50 on Friday. AJ Bell has a twelve month low of GBX 414.40 and a twelve month high of GBX 578.50. The firm has a market cap of £2.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.73 and a beta of 0.82. The company has a 50-day moving average of GBX 495.14 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 481.31. The company has a current ratio of 3.67, a quick ratio of 7.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.55.

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.