Aviva PLC (OTCMKTS:AVVIY) Receives Average Rating of “Hold” from Brokerages

Aviva PLC (OTCMKTS:AVVIY) has earned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the five research firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and one has assigned a buy recommendation to the company.

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on AVVIY. Jefferies Financial Group lowered shares of Aviva from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, May 4th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Aviva from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 3rd. Finally, Zacks Research raised shares of Aviva from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, January 26th.

Aviva Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of Aviva stock opened at $16.81 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $16.87 and its two-hundred day moving average is $17.57. The company has a quick ratio of 1.50, a current ratio of 1.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50. Aviva has a 52 week low of $15.59 and a 52 week high of $19.40.

About Aviva

Aviva plc (OTCMKTS:AVVIY) is a UK-based multinational insurance company headquartered in London that provides a broad range of life and general insurance products, retirement solutions and investment management services. The company operates a diversified insurance business that includes individual and group life protection, health and income protection, home and motor insurance, workplace benefits, pensions and savings products. Aviva also offers asset management services through its investment arm, which manages assets on behalf of its insurance businesses and third-party clients.

Aviva traces its identity to a series of mergers and the consolidation of longstanding insurers, and it uses the Aviva brand across its operating markets.