LON:SLA - Standard Life Aberdeen Share Price, Forecast & News

Standard Life Aberdeen's stock was trading at GBX 244.50 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SLA stock has decreased by 8.4% and is now trading at GBX 223.90. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Standard Life Aberdeen in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Standard Life Aberdeen.

Standard Life Aberdeen announced a dividend on Tuesday, March 10th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 2nd will be given a dividend of GBX 14.30 per share on Tuesday, May 19th. This represents a dividend yield of 5.85%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 2nd. This is a positive change from Standard Life Aberdeen's previous dividend of $7.30. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View Standard Life Aberdeen's dividend history.

14 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Standard Life Aberdeen's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 185 to GBX 335. On average, they expect Standard Life Aberdeen's stock price to reach GBX 269.27 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Standard Life Aberdeen.

News stories about SLA stock have been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Standard Life Aberdeen earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutStandard Life Aberdeen.

Some companies that are related to Standard Life Aberdeen include Power Co. of Canada (POW), Phoenix Group (PHNX), St. James's Place (STJ), Wuestenrot & Wuerttembergische (WUW), Chesnara (CSN), Hansard Global (HSD), Ageas (AGS), Great-West Lifeco (GWLIF), IGM Financial (POFNF), MMI (MPOHY), Old Mutual (OML), PACIFIC INSURAN/Shs H Vtg 1.00 (CHPXF), SNC-Lavalin Group (PWCDF), St. James's Place (STJPF) and Standard Life Aberdeen (SLFPF).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Standard Life Aberdeen investors own include Standard Life Aberdeen (SL), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), Vodafone Group (VOD), Encana (ECA), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Power Co. of Canada (POW), Power Financial (PWF) and Suncor Energy (SU).

Standard Life Aberdeen trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "SLA."

Shares of SLA 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 SLA stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 223.90.

Standard Life Aberdeen has a market capitalization of £5.14 billion and generates £3.85 billion in revenue each year. Standard Life Aberdeen employs 6,192 workers across the globe. View additional information about Standard Life Aberdeen.

The official website for Standard Life Aberdeen is http://www.standardlifeaberdeen.com/.

Standard Life Aberdeen's mailing address is Standard Life House, 30 Lothian Road, EDINBURGH, EH1 2DH, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-131-2252552.