Key Points
- Insider activity: Aviva director Pippa Lambert bought 214 shares on Jan 15 at GBX 679 (£1,453.06), continuing earlier small purchases on Dec 15 (222 shares at GBX 662) and Nov 17 (229 shares at GBX 642), indicating repeated insider accumulation.
- Analyst and valuation snapshot: The stock has a consensus Hold rating with a target of GBX 711.20 (three Buys, one Hold, one Sell), and it recently opened at GBX 675.40 while trading at a P/E of 13.92 and a market cap of £18.15 billion.
Aviva plc (LON:AV - Get Free Report) insider Pippa Lambert acquired 214 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 15th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 679 per share, with a total value of £1,453.06.
Pippa Lambert also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Monday, December 15th, Pippa Lambert purchased 222 shares of Aviva stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 662 per share, with a total value of £1,469.64.
- On Monday, November 17th, Pippa Lambert acquired 229 shares of Aviva stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 642 per share, for a total transaction of £1,470.18.
Aviva Trading Down 0.5%
AV opened at GBX 675.40 on Friday. Aviva plc has a 52 week low of GBX 390.70 and a 52 week high of GBX 510.20. The company has a market capitalization of £18.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.92, a PEG ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 0.89. The stock's fifty day moving average is GBX 664.38 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 659.36. The company has a quick ratio of 1.57, a current ratio of 2.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 68.87.
Aviva (LON:AV - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, December 15th. The company reported GBX 21.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Aviva had a return on equity of 14.82% and a net margin of 3.52%. Analysts forecast that Aviva plc will post 46.4942529 earnings per share for the current year.
Analyst Ratings Changes
AV has been the subject of several research reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft assumed coverage on shares of Aviva in a research report on Wednesday, January 7th. They issued a "buy" rating and a GBX 760 price target for the company. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods restated an "underperform" rating and set a GBX 650 target price on shares of Aviva in a report on Friday, October 10th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on Aviva from GBX 735 to GBX 725 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, November 26th. Citigroup reduced their price target on Aviva from GBX 687 to GBX 671 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. Finally, UBS Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a GBX 750 price objective on shares of Aviva in a research report on Friday, November 7th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of GBX 711.20.
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Aviva Company Profile
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Aviva plc provides various insurance, retirement, investment, and savings products in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, and internationally. The company offers life insurance, long-term health and accident insurance, savings, pension, and annuity products, as well as pension fund business and lifetime mortgage products. It also provides insurance cover to individuals, small and medium-sized businesses for risks associated with motor vehicles and medical expenses, as well as property and liability, such as employers' and professional indemnity liabilities.
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