Aviva plc (LON:AV) Receives Average Recommendation of "Buy" from Analysts

Shares of Aviva plc (LON:AV - Get Free Report) have been given a consensus recommendation of "Buy" by the six brokerages that are covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation, four have given a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 555.67 ($6.78).

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on AV shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a "top pick" rating on shares of Aviva in a research note on Friday, December 6th. The Goldman Sachs Group started coverage on Aviva in a research note on Wednesday, September 18th. They issued a "buy" rating on the stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Aviva news, insider Pippa Lambert acquired 988 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, December 27th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 465 ($5.68) per share, for a total transaction of £4,594.20 ($5,608.84). 0.17% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Aviva Trading Down 1.6 %

Shares of Aviva stock traded down GBX 7.70 ($0.09) on Friday, hitting GBX 471.80 ($5.76). The stock had a trading volume of 11,746,322 shares. The stock has a market cap of £12.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,025.65, a PEG ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 0.89. Aviva has a one year low of GBX 390.70 ($4.77) and a one year high of GBX 510.20 ($6.23). The company has a quick ratio of 1.57, a current ratio of 2.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 67.09. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 472.46 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 480.77.

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.