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Aviva (LON:AV) Trading 0.2% Higher - Time to Buy?

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Shares of Aviva plc (LON:AV - Get Free Report) traded up 0.2% on Thursday . The stock traded as high as GBX 616 ($8.36) and last traded at GBX 614.40 ($8.34). 3,653,917 shares changed hands during trading, The stock had previously closed at GBX 613.40 ($8.32).

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of Aviva from GBX 615 ($8.34) to GBX 635 ($8.62) and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, March 6th.

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Aviva Stock Down 1.0%

The stock has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 568.27 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 527.11. The firm has a market capitalization of £16.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.53, a P/E/G ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 68.87, a quick ratio of 1.57 and a current ratio of 2.93.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Aviva news, insider Amanda Blanc sold 523,728 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, March 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 555 ($7.53), for a total value of £2,906,690.40 ($3,943,948.98). 0.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Aviva Company Profile

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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.

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