abrdn plc (LON:ABDN) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” from Brokerages

abrdn plc (LON:ABDN) has been assigned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the six research firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1 year target price among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 222.33.

ABDN has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on abrdn from GBX 234 to GBX 240 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on abrdn from GBX 225 to GBX 230 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Monday, April 27th. Finally, Citigroup lowered their target price on shares of abrdn from GBX 235 to GBX 225 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, April 20th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other abrdn news, insider Katie Bickerstaffe acquired 9,521 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 5th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 209 per share, with a total value of £19,898.89. Also, insider Jason Windsor sold 131,160 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 204, for a total value of £267,566.40. Insiders have sold 270,729 shares of company stock worth $54,926,141 over the last ninety days. 0.69% of the stock is owned by insiders.

abrdn Price Performance

Shares of LON:ABDN opened at GBX 248.20 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of £4.44 billion, a PE ratio of 11.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 12.70 and a beta of 1.35. The firm’s fifty day moving average is GBX 211.94 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 209.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.85, a quick ratio of 24.97 and a current ratio of 452.75. abrdn has a 52 week low of GBX 167.47 and a 52 week high of GBX 251.

abrdn (LON:ABDN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 3rd. The company reported GBX 16.10 EPS for the quarter. abrdn had a net margin of 22.56% and a return on equity of 7.96%. Sell-side analysts predict that abrdn will post 15.2266152 earnings per share for the current year.

About abrdn

Aberdeen is a Wealth & Investments group that connects investors to the expertise, tools, and solutions they need to grow and manage their wealth with confidence.

We are structured around three businesses – interactive investor, Adviser and Investments. As a diversified group, we have positioned ourselves for growth in a changing investment landscape.

As at 31 December 2025, Aberdeen manages and administers £556bn of client and customer assets.