AJ Bell (LON:AJB) Trading 0.6% Higher - Should You Buy?

Key Points

• Shares rose 0.6% midday to GBX 453.20 (intraday high GBX 459.40) on 4.81M shares traded, a 34% decline versus average session volume.
• Analysts have a consensus “Hold” rating (3 Buy / 4 Hold / 1 Sell) with a consensus target of GBX 528.75 and recent price targets ranging from GBX 490 to GBX 600.
• AJ Bell has a market capitalization of £1.80 billion and a P/E of 17.73; its 50‑day moving average (GBX 444.98) sits below the 200‑day average (GBX 484.47), indicating short‑term weakness versus the longer term.

Shares of AJ Bell plc (LON:AJB - Get Free Report) shot up 0.6% during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as high as GBX 459.40 and last traded at GBX 453.20. 4,814,933 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 34% from the average session volume of 7,324,921 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 450.40.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently commented on AJB shares. Beaufort Securities reaffirmed a "hold" rating and issued a GBX 490 price objective on shares of AJ Bell in a research note on Friday, December 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their target price on shares of AJ Bell from GBX 625 to GBX 570 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, December 5th. UBS Group restated a "neutral" rating and issued a GBX 520 target price on shares of AJ Bell in a report on Friday, January 16th. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a "hold" rating and issued a GBX 490 target price on shares of AJ Bell in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Shore Capital Group reiterated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 600 price target on shares of AJ Bell in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, AJ Bell has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of GBX 528.75.

AJ Bell Price Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of £1.80 billion, a PE ratio of 17.73, a P/E/G ratio of 5.73 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a quick ratio of 7.16, a current ratio of 3.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.55. The stock's 50-day moving average is GBX 444.98 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 484.47.

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.

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