Aviva plc (LON:AV) Insider Purchases £484,000 in Stock

Aviva plc (LON:AV) insider Thomas Neil purchased 100,000 shares of Aviva stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 24th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 484 ($6.14) per share, with a total value of £484,000 ($613,979.45).

Aviva Stock Performance

AV stock opened at GBX 477.60 ($6.06) on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of £12.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 1,290.81, a PEG ratio of 8.09 and a beta of 0.93. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 478.15 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 459.07. Aviva plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 366 ($4.64) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 501.40 ($6.36). The company has a quick ratio of 1.57, a current ratio of 2.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 70.27.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Berenberg Bank boosted their price target on shares of Aviva from GBX 550 ($6.98) to GBX 572 ($7.26) and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 10th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 509.67 ($6.47).

About Aviva

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.