AJ Bell plc (LON:AJB - Get Free Report)'s share price rose 1.5% during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 457.20 ($6.11) and last traded at GBX 455.40 ($6.08). Approximately 568,259 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 72% from the average daily volume of 2,022,640 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 448.60 ($5.99).
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Separately, Shore Capital restated a "buy" rating on shares of AJ Bell in a research report on Thursday, April 24th.
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AJ Bell Trading Down 0.5%
The company has a current ratio of 3.63, a quick ratio of 7.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.46. The firm has a 50-day moving average of GBX 417.52 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 436.69. The company has a market cap of £1.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.73 and a beta of 0.99.
AJ Bell Increases Dividend
The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 17th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 10th were issued a GBX 11.40 ($0.15) dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 10th. This represents a yield of 4.11%. This is a positive change from AJ Bell's previous dividend of $8.25. AJ Bell's dividend payout ratio is presently 61.37%.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, insider Peter Birch purchased 557 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 5th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 413 ($5.52) per share, for a total transaction of £2,300.41 ($3,072.54). Also, insider Leslie Michael Platts sold 9,494 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 419 ($5.60), for a total value of £39,779.86 ($53,131.91). Corporate insiders own 29.60% of the company's stock.
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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