AGF Management (TSE:AGF.B) Hits New 12-Month High on Analyst Upgrade

AGF Management Limited (TSE:AGF.BGet Free Report)’s share price reached a new 52-week high during trading on Thursday after CIBC raised their price target on the stock from C$14.00 to C$17.00. CIBC currently has an outperform rating on the stock. AGF Management traded as high as C$9.55 and last traded at C$9.50, with a volume of 114854 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at C$9.40.

AGF.B has been the topic of several other reports. TD Securities upped their price target on shares of AGF Management from C$10.00 to C$11.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. Scotiabank upped their target price on shares of AGF Management from C$10.75 to C$11.25 in a research note on Wednesday, September 18th. BMO Capital Markets increased their price target on shares of AGF Management from C$9.00 to C$10.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Monday, September 23rd. Finally, Desjardins boosted their price objective on AGF Management from C$12.00 to C$12.50 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, September 26th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of C$11.82.

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Insider Buying and Selling at AGF Management

In other AGF Management news, insider AGF EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN TRUST acquired 16,100 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 3rd. The shares were purchased at an average price of C$7.97 per share, for a total transaction of C$128,317.00. In related news, Director Laura Lee Dottori-Attanasio bought 12,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 2nd. The shares were purchased at an average cost of C$7.99 per share, with a total value of C$99,833.75. Also, insider AGF EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN TRUST purchased 16,100 shares of AGF Management stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 3rd. The shares were purchased at an average cost of C$7.97 per share, with a total value of C$128,317.00. Insiders acquired a total of 52,885 shares of company stock worth $421,964 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 18.74% of the company’s stock.

AGF Management Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 14.60, a current ratio of 1.58 and a quick ratio of 1.75. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of C$8.17 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$8.25. The company has a market cap of C$674.40 million, a P/E ratio of 7.70, a PEG ratio of 1.18 and a beta of 1.71.

About AGF Management

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AGF Management Limited is one of Canada's premier investment management companies with offices across Canada and subsidiaries around the world. 2007 marks AGF's 50th anniversary ofproviding Canadians with innovative investment solutions across the wealth continuum. AGF's products and services include a diversified family of more than 50 mutual funds, the evolutionary AGF Elements portfolios, the Harmony asset management program, AGF Private Investment Management, Institutional Account Services and AGF Trust GICs, loans and mortgages.

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