LON:AVAviva Share Price, Forecast & News

Aviva's stock was trading at GBX 311 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AV shares have decreased by 9.1% and is now trading at GBX 282.80. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Aviva in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Aviva.

Aviva is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Aviva.

Aviva announced a dividend on Thursday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 23rd will be given a dividend of GBX 21.40 per share on Tuesday, June 2nd. This represents a yield of 6.11%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 23rd. This is an increase from Aviva's previous dividend of GBX 9.50. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. View Aviva's dividend history.

12 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Aviva's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 325 to GBX 477. On average, they expect Aviva's share price to reach GBX 377 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 33.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Aviva.

Media headlines about AV stock have been trending neutral this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Aviva earned a media sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Aviva.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Aviva investors own include Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Prudential (PRU), Barclays (BARC), Vodafone Group (VOD), Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB), Royal Mail (RMG), HSBC (HSBA), Legal & General Group (LGEN), BP (BP) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).

Aviva trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "AV."

Shares of AV and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

One share of AV stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 282.80.

Aviva has a market capitalization of £11.11 billion and generates £46.40 billion in revenue each year. Aviva employs 31,703 workers across the globe.

The official website for Aviva is www.aviva.com.

Aviva's mailing address is St Helens 1 Undershaft, 1 Undershaft, LONDON, EC3P 3DQ, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-20-72832000.