Aviva (LON:AV) Insider Amanda Blanc Purchases 19,142 Shares

Aviva plc (LON:AV) insider Amanda Blanc purchased 19,142 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 3rd. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 623 per share, with a total value of £119,254.66.

Amanda Blanc also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, September 3rd, Amanda Blanc purchased 6,594 shares of Aviva stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 623 per share, with a total value of £41,080.62.

Aviva Price Performance

Shares of LON AV opened at GBX 645.80 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 68.87, a quick ratio of 1.57 and a current ratio of 2.93. The company has a market cap of £17.35 billion, a PE ratio of 13.31, a P/E/G ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 0.89. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 642.50 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 590.61. Aviva plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 390.70 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 510.20.

Aviva (LON:AV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 14th. The company reported GBX 21.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Aviva had a return on equity of 14.82% and a net margin of 3.52%. As a group, equities analysts expect that Aviva plc will post 46.4942529 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently weighed in on AV. Citigroup lifted their price target on Aviva from GBX 623 to GBX 687 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on Aviva from GBX 695 to GBX 735 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 16th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 657.33.

Aviva Company Profile

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.