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Aviva(AV.)

Sector:

Life Insurance

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£12,876m

Change Today

Price Down-19.00p

Share Price

484.50p

Aviva Overview

Formed by the merger of CGU and Norwich Union, Aviva is the UK's largest insurance company. It is what used to be called a composite in that it has both a life and general insurance division. Only about half of sales come from the UK with Aviva having big interests in France, Holland and Poland.

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6 Month Chart

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 6.8% 7.7%
Div Cover 1.5 2.2
Op Mrgn 11.5% 9.1%
ROCE 11.2%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 9.8 6.1
PEG n/a 0.1
Pr/Revenue 0.4 0.4
Pr/Book 0.8  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 7.7% 21.7%
PBT -44.1% 75.8%
EPS -43.8% 61.7%
DPS 10.0% 11.2%

Aviva Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 a29,768.00 a1,390.00 44.00p 11.1 n/a n/a 24.15p 4.9%
31-Dec-04 24,778.00 2,025.00 55.80p 11.3 0.4 +27% 25.36p 4.0%
31-Dec-05 26,299.00 3,450.00 73.50p 9.6 0.3 +32% 27.27p 3.9%
31-Dec-06 27,234.00 3,323.00 87.50p 9.4 0.5 +19% 30.00p 3.6%
31-Dec-07 29,333.00 1,857.00 49.20p 13.7 n/a -44% 33.00p 4.9%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Aviva Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-08 35,691.10 3,264.55 79.56p 6.1 0.1 +62% 36.70p 7.7%
31-Dec-09 38,080.40 3,468.05 88.28p 5.5 0.5 +11% 40.77p 8.6%

Covering analysts: Bernstein Research, Citigroup Investment Research, Collins Stewart, Daiwa Research Institute, Deutsche Bank Research, Goldman Sachs, HSBC Securities, ING Wholesale Banking, Keefe Bruyette & Woods, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Panmure Gordon, Société Générale, UBS, WestLB Equity Markets

Aviva Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 04-Jul-2008 17:45 RNS
Rule 8.3- BHP Billiton plc 04-Jul-2008 14:48 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 04-Jul-2008 14:28 RNS

Aviva ShareCast News

London afternoon: Footsie holding on 02-Jul-2008 ShareCast
London midday: Footsie shrugs off M&S setback 02-Jul-2008 ShareCast
Northern Foods boss tucks in 27-Jun-2008 ShareCast

Aviva Top Newspaper Links

Need to know: BMW ... Silverjet ... UBS ... Aviv... 07-Jun-2008 Times
Aviva cuts 1,800 insurance jobs at Norwich Union 07-Jun-2008 The Independent
Insurer Aviva announces 1,800 jobs to go 06-Jun-2008 Daily Mail

Latest Aviva Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
27-Jun-08 Buy Sharman of Redlynch 500.10p 5,000 £25,005.00
27-Jun-08 Buy Andrew Moss 502.80p 10,000 £50,280.00
23-Jun-08 Buy Philip G Scott 544.00p 23 £125.12

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Aviva Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 484.50p Price Down
Change Today -19.00p
52 Week High 783.50p
52 Week Low 479.50p
Volume 5,621,145
Shares Issued 2,657.64m
Market Cap £12,876m
Beta 1.38
RiskGrade 179

Aviva Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
88.99% above the market average88.99% above the market average88.99% above the market average88.99% above the market average88.99% above the market average
66.67% above the sector average66.67% above the sector average66.67% above the sector average66.67% above the sector average66.67% above the sector average
Price Trend
34.19% below the market average34.19% below the market average34.19% below the market average34.19% below the market average34.19% below the market average
7.69% above the sector average7.69% above the sector average7.69% above the sector average7.69% above the sector average7.69% above the sector average
Income
70.62% above the market average70.62% above the market average70.62% above the market average70.62% above the market average70.62% above the market average
50.00% above the sector average50.00% above the sector average50.00% above the sector average50.00% above the sector average50.00% above the sector average
Growth
93.9% below the market average93.9% below the market average93.9% below the market average93.9% below the market average93.9% below the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 12
Buy 3
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 16
strong_buy
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Aviva Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 26-Mar-08 19-Sep-07
Paid 16-May-08 16-Nov-07
Amount 21.10p 11.90p

Trades for 04-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:54 58,484 @ 489.69p
16:35 950,402 @ 484.50p
16:32 20,000 @ 484.66p
16:30 15,018 @ 485.00p
16:29 2,200 @ 485.00p

Aviva Key Personnel

CFO Philip G Scott
CEO Andrew Moss
Chair Sharman of Redlynch

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