Aviva Share Discussion Threads

[cwa1] 11/3/2024 10:47

Also:-

Bank of America raises Aviva price target to 540 (490) pence - 'buy'

[skinny] 11/3/2024 10:08

FWIW :- UBS raises Aviva price target to 555 (515) pence - 'buy'

[whatsup32] 11/3/2024 09:47

Isolationism.....

[muscletrade] 11/3/2024 09:36

Cadburys.....

[whatsup32] 11/3/2024 09:34

While we're at it let's resuscitate British Leyland, British Steel and pour Billions of tax payers hard earned cash into running it inefficiently and unprofitable

[whatsup32] 11/3/2024 09:29

Really Spud ?, presumably you had no issues Aviva investing in Irish, Canadian , Italian , Turkish , Asian countries

So why are you and others anti Johnny Foreigners buying British?

[tuftymatt] 11/3/2024 09:23

Yeah I agree too.

Due to the mess DLG made I am more than happy to see that get taken out but AV. is a different story altogether and one I want to continue holding for many years to come.

Good luck all 👍🏻

[bhoddhisattva] 11/3/2024 09:23

I’m all in favour of free markets but I do worry when so many good British cos get bought by overseas cos.

In particular cos. such as JLR bought by Tata because if hard times come, the parent organisation will often protect jobs at home and sacrifice the foreign jobs.

That’s not xenophobia.

You may say they were saved by the foreign buyer but often they gain IP, branding and dump the staff and U.K. sites so no jobs and no sales/profits here in the long run.

[tornado12] 11/3/2024 09:22

I agree AV should not be sold but should pursue M&A within the business structure Amanda has now defined. Growth in revenues and dividend the best driving force for the SP

[spud] 11/3/2024 09:20

I have to agree with the Gnome.spud

[whatsup32] 11/3/2024 09:14

Xenophobia

[lord gnome] 11/3/2024 08:22

I have no wish to see Aviva sold off to a foreign buyer. I would much rather see Aviva doing the buying. We appear to have capital to burn if we are doing buybacks. Invest it in our markets and grow profits.

[andyble] 11/3/2024 08:08

Yes Aviva is slimmed down nicely enough for a sale but now they have done that they will be getting told that if the share price does not rise then they will be taken over. This may explain why they are so bullish presently talking up prospects, but for us the share price rises either way. I actually thought Aviva would be sold by the end of last year, but am holding my breath still, and fun to watch the future unfold from here else the continuing business success to £2B operating profit in due course.

[cardinal3] 10/3/2024 21:46

Talk of defences against foreign takeovers says UK companies are sitting ducks. It would be good if,for a change, some of our companies hunted down some foreign assets.

[tuftymatt] 10/3/2024 14:49

So the increase to £3.6b would mean a bid north of 270 then?

Sorry posted the above before reading the article.

Good luck all 👍🏻

[skinny] 10/3/2024 11:41

The DLG article for info :-

[1robbob] 10/3/2024 11:24

tornado12
The dividend per share increase in 2024 will be 7%+...midsingle digit % increase in total dividend cost PLUS the % of equity repurchased in Buy-back. 35.75p ish

[whatsup32] 10/3/2024 09:58

The Sunday Times
"Direct line boss builds up defences"

Adam Wilson x Aviva is expected to build defences and bring forward plans for turning Co around .
It's suggested Ageas to increase bid from £3.1b to £3.6b

[tornado12] 10/3/2024 08:15

On reflection, I believe these are the best results by Aviva in the last 7 yrs I have been investing here. I expect the share price to move north beyond 5£ and the solid future guidance should deliver annual divi increase of circa 5% ( so 34,9p) in 2024. Will be adding more before X-divi date GLA

[whatsup32] 09/3/2024 10:26

Article in The Times
"Just Group in the spotlight for a takeover"

" speculation that the specialist insurer could be the next financial services company to receive a takeover bid"
"There has been a recent surge in takeover bids for London listed companies as bidders seek to capitslise on low valuations for UK quoted companies compared with overseas"
Mentions Dorect Line by Aegis and
Virgin money by Nationwide

[whatsup32] 09/3/2024 09:35

Snippet of info in The Times business
"Just Group's robust full year results not only pushed shares in the specialist insurer up by 13.7% to 101.25p but also helped sentiment across sector with L&G up 2% and Aviva up 1.8% to 470.5p"

[spud] 09/3/2024 09:26

Guys, can we all refrain from name calling please and keep this thread clean and informative and relatively on track. The last comment from Pete does nothing to promote the subject matter of this thread.spud