AJ Bell plc (LON:AJB) Insider Roger Stott Acquires 48 Shares

AJ Bell plc (LON:AJB – Get Free Report) insider Roger Stott bought 48 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 11th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 310 ($3.99) per share, with a total value of £148.80 ($191.43).

Roger Stott also recently made the following trade(s):

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• On Monday, June 12th, Roger Stott bought 48 shares of AJ Bell stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 317 ($4.08) per share, with a total value of £152.16 ($195.75).
• On Thursday, May 11th, Roger Stott bought 46 shares of AJ Bell stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 321 ($4.13) per share, with a total value of £147.66 ($189.97).

AJ Bell Stock Down 0.2 %

Shares of LON:AJB opened at GBX 324.80 ($4.18) on Friday. AJ Bell plc has a 52-week low of GBX 243.80 ($3.14) and a 52-week high of GBX 404.07 ($5.20). The firm has a market capitalization of £1.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 2,320.00, a P/E/G ratio of 5.73 and a beta of 0.90. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 318.63 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 333.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.97, a quick ratio of 7.16 and a current ratio of 4.48.

AJ Bell Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 8th were given a GBX 3.50 ($0.05) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 1.12%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 8th. AJ Bell’s dividend payout ratio is currently 5,714.29%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Barclays raised AJ Bell to an “equal weight” rating and boosted their target price for the company from GBX 310 ($3.99) to GBX 340 ($4.37) in a research note on Wednesday, June 21st. Shore Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of AJ Bell in a research report on Monday, June 12th. Berenberg Bank upped their price target on AJ Bell from GBX 300 ($3.86) to GBX 370 ($4.76) and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, April 28th. Finally, Numis Securities upped their price target on AJ Bell from GBX 488 ($6.28) to GBX 490 ($6.30) and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 25th.

About AJ Bell

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AJ Bell plc, through its subsidiaries, operates investment platforms in the United Kingdom. The company offers AJ Bell Investcentre, which provides a suite of products, services, investment solutions, and online tools for regulated financial advisers and wealth managers to help them manage retail customers' portfolio; and AJ Bell, an investment platform proposition that include investment solutions through in-house funds, ready-made portfolios, and guidance through the AJ Bell funds list to execution-only retail customers, as well as cash savings solutions.

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