AJ Bell (LON:AJB) Given Buy Rating at UBS Group

AJ Bell (LON:AJB)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reiterated by UBS Group in a report released on Monday,Digital Look reports. They presently have a GBX 630 price objective on the stock. UBS Group’s price objective would suggest a potential upside of 22.33% from the stock’s previous close.

A number of other analysts have also recently commented on AJB. Shore Capital Group reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of AJ Bell in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Berenberg Bank restated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 490 price target on shares of AJ Bell in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on AJ Bell from GBX 500 to GBX 510 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Friday. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 625 price objective on shares of AJ Bell in a research note on Friday. Finally, Citigroup raised AJ Bell to a “neutral” rating and increased their price objective for the company from GBX 500 to GBX 520 in a report on Friday, May 8th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of GBX 554.38.

AJ Bell Price Performance

Shares of AJB opened at GBX 515 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.55, a current ratio of 3.67 and a quick ratio of 7.16. AJ Bell has a 1-year low of GBX 414.40 and a 1-year high of GBX 578.50. The stock has a market cap of £2.03 billion, a PE ratio of 20.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.73 and a beta of 0.82. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 495.14 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 480.78.

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.