Aya Gold & Silver (AYA) vs. Its Competitors Head to Head Analysis

Aya Gold & Silver (NASDAQ:AYA) is one of 1,986 public companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Aya Gold & Silver to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Aya Gold & Silver and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aya Gold & Silver	0	1	1	2	3.25
Aya Gold & Silver Competitors	6339	22481	32110	1769	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 15.65%. Given Aya Gold & Silver’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aya Gold & Silver has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Aya Gold & Silver and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aya Gold & Silver	32.92%	25.49%	17.70%
Aya Gold & Silver Competitors	-1,164,884,689,320,590,400.00%	-48.77%	-2.12%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

15.8% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Aya Gold & Silver and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aya Gold & Silver	$202.10 million	$45.56 million	48.27
Aya Gold & Silver Competitors	$5.17 billion	$278.25 million	-28.19

Aya Gold & Silver’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Aya Gold & Silver. Aya Gold & Silver is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

About Aya Gold & Silver

Aya Gold & Silver Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, evaluation and development of precious metals projects principally in Morocco. The company primarily explores for gold and silver deposits. Its flagship project holds Zgounder property. Aya Gold & Silver Inc. is based in Mount Royal, Canada.