Aviva plc (LON:AV) Receives GBX 555.67 Consensus Target Price from Brokerages

Aviva plc (LON:AV) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the six research firms that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation, four have assigned a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 555.67 ($6.97).

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on AV shares. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price target on Aviva from GBX 525 ($6.58) to GBX 550 ($6.89) and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, September 9th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “top pick” rating on shares of Aviva in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group started coverage on shares of Aviva in a report on Wednesday, September 18th. They issued a “buy” rating for the company.

Aviva Price Performance

AV stock opened at GBX 463.10 ($5.81) on Wednesday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 473.30 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 481.34. The firm has a market cap of £12.32 billion, a P/E ratio of 1,006.74, a P/E/G ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a quick ratio of 1.57, a current ratio of 2.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 67.09. Aviva has a 12 month low of GBX 390.70 ($4.90) and a 12 month high of GBX 510.20 ($6.40).

Insider Buying and Selling at Aviva

In other Aviva news, insider Pippa Lambert purchased 987 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 30th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 489 ($6.13) per share, for a total transaction of £4,826.43 ($6,050.43). Corporate insiders own 0.17% of the company’s stock.

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.