Aviva plc (LON:AV) Stock Has Consensus Price Target of GBX 739.75 According to Analysts

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Aviva plc (LON:AV – Get Free Report) has been given a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the eight research firms that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 739.75.

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Citigroup upped their price target on shares of Aviva from GBX 671 to GBX 721 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of Aviva from GBX 715 to GBX 800 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a GBX 780 price objective on shares of Aviva in a research note on Monday, September 7th. Finally, Berenberg Bank upped their target price on Aviva from GBX 800 to GBX 820 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 17th.

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Aviva Stock Up 0.9%

Shares of Aviva stock opened at GBX 678.40 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 67.98, a current ratio of 0.26 and a quick ratio of 1.57. The stock has a market cap of £18.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.98, a PEG ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 0.62. The firm’s 50-day moving average is GBX 710.56 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 660.50. Aviva has a 1 year low of GBX 390.70 and a 1 year high of GBX 510.20.

Insider Activity at Aviva

In related news, insider Pippa Lambert acquired 226 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 15th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 662 per share, for a total transaction of £1,496.12. Over the last three months, insiders acquired 746 shares of company stock valued at $521,658. Insiders own 0.17% of the company’s stock.

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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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