AJ Bell (LON:AJB) Hits New 1-Year High - Should You Buy?

AJ Bell plc (LON:AJB - Get Free Report)'s stock price hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as high as GBX 549.50 ($7.37) and last traded at GBX 532 ($7.14), with a volume of 242895 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 523.50 ($7.02).

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently commented on AJB shares. Citigroup boosted their price target on AJ Bell from GBX 395 ($5.30) to GBX 410 ($5.50) and gave the stock a "sell" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. Shore Capital reissued a "buy" rating on shares of AJ Bell in a research report on Thursday, April 24th.

AJ Bell Stock Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of £2.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.21, a P/E/G ratio of 5.73 and a beta of 0.99. The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 496.23 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 448.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.46, a quick ratio of 7.16 and a current ratio of 3.63.

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.

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