Pippa Lambert Purchases 226 Shares of Aviva (LON:AV) Stock

Aviva plc (LON:AV) insider Pippa Lambert purchased 226 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 15th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 662 per share, for a total transaction of £1,496.12.

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

• On Friday, May 15th, Pippa Lambert acquired 242 shares of Aviva stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 616 per share, for a total transaction of £1,490.72.

Aviva Stock Performance

LON AV traded down GBX 4.80 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting GBX 657. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 6,025,250 shares. Aviva plc has a 12 month low of GBX 390.70 and a 12 month high of GBX 510.20. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 633.38 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 640.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 85.66, a current ratio of 0.26 and a quick ratio of 1.57. The company has a market cap of £17.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.54, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 0.62.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently weighed in on AV. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective on shares of Aviva from GBX 725 to GBX 715 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, May 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a GBX 770 target price on shares of Aviva in a report on Monday, May 18th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 637 target price on shares of Aviva in a research report on Friday, May 15th. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 750 price target on shares of Aviva in a report on Monday, May 11th. Finally, Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 800 price objective on shares of Aviva in a report on Friday, June 12th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Aviva has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 719.12.

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.