AJ Bell (LON:AJB) Insider Peter Birch Sells 37,924 Shares

Key Points

• Insider Peter Birch sold 37,924 shares of AJ Bell at an average price of GBX 543, totaling approximately £205,927 on October 14th.
• AJ Bell's stock recently traded down 2.2%, reaching GBX 530, with a market capitalization of £2.14 billion.
• Analysts have mixed ratings on AJ Bell, with a consensus price target of GBX 534.29 and three analysts giving a "Buy" rating while one assigned a "Sell" rating.

AJ Bell plc (LON:AJB - Get Free Report) insider Peter Birch sold 37,924 shares of AJ Bell stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, October 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 543, for a total transaction of £205,927.32.

AJ Bell Trading Down 2.2%

AJB stock traded down GBX 12 during midday trading on Friday, reaching GBX 530. 408,122 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,461,973. The company has a market capitalization of £2.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 2,454.84, a PEG ratio of 5.73 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.46, a current ratio of 3.63 and a quick ratio of 7.16. AJ Bell plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 355.20 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 558.50. The business has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 519.01 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 488.31.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on AJB shares. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on shares of AJ Bell from GBX 440 to GBX 460 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a report on Friday, July 25th. Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of AJ Bell from GBX 410 to GBX 440 and gave the company a "sell" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price objective on shares of AJ Bell from GBX 600 to GBX 625 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, October 3rd. Berenberg Bank upped their price objective on shares of AJ Bell from GBX 420 to GBX 490 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, July 28th. Finally, UBS Group reaffirmed a "neutral" rating and set a GBX 550 price objective on shares of AJ Bell in a research note on Friday. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of GBX 534.29.

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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