Insider Selling: AJ Bell plc (LON:AJB) Insider Sells £118,665.27 in Stock

Posted by James Conley on Dec 21st, 2024

AJ Bell plc (LON:AJB – Get Free Report) insider Peter Birch sold 25,853 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 459 ($5.77), for a total value of £118,665.27 ($149,133.18).

AJ Bell Stock Performance

Shares of AJB opened at GBX 454 ($5.71) on Friday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 464.74 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 436.18. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 2,270.00, a PEG ratio of 5.73 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a quick ratio of 7.16, a current ratio of 3.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.44. AJ Bell plc has a twelve month low of GBX 280.60 ($3.53) and a twelve month high of GBX 529 ($6.65).

AJ Bell Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 9th will be paid a GBX 8.25 ($0.10) dividend. This is an increase from AJ Bell’s previous dividend of $4.25. This represents a yield of 1.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 9th. AJ Bell’s dividend payout ratio is presently 6,000.00%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

AJB has been the topic of several recent research reports. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 565 ($7.10) price objective on shares of AJ Bell in a report on Friday, December 6th. Shore Capital reissued a “hold” rating on shares of AJ Bell in a research note on Friday, December 6th.

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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 offers advisers and clients service, easy-to-use functionality, and a comprehensive investment range at competitive prices; and AJ Bell, an investment platform. It also provides Touch by AJ Bell, an investment platform which help advisers to streamline their businesses with investment solutions delivered and managed digitally on their clients' smartphones; and Dodl by AJ Bell, an investment app.