Aviva (LON:AV) Insider Purchases £1,451.86 in Stock

Aviva plc (LON:AV) insider Pippa Lambert bought 229 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 16th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 634 per share, for a total transaction of £1,451.86.

Pippa Lambert also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, February 16th, Pippa Lambert purchased 230 shares of Aviva stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 632 per share, with a total value of £1,453.60.
• On Thursday, January 15th, Pippa Lambert purchased 214 shares of Aviva stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 679 per share, with a total value of £1,453.06.

Aviva Price Performance

Shares of AV traded up GBX 7 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching GBX 647.60. 5,504,109 shares of the company’s stock traded hands. Aviva plc has a twelve month low of GBX 390.70 and a twelve month high of GBX 510.20. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 650.15 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 659.95. The firm has a market capitalization of £17.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.35, a P/E/G ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 0.56.

Aviva (LON:AV) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, March 5th. The company reported GBX 26.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Aviva had a net margin of 1.82% and a return on equity of 10.20%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Aviva plc will post 46.4942529 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on AV shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on Aviva from GBX 735 to GBX 725 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 26th. Citigroup dropped their price objective on Aviva from GBX 687 to GBX 671 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft initiated coverage on Aviva in a report on Wednesday, January 7th. They issued a “buy” rating and a GBX 760 price objective for the company. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Aviva has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of GBX 711.20.

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. 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.