Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA) Receives C$20.94 Average Price Target from Analysts

Shares of Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA) have earned an average rating of “Buy” from the seven research firms that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation, five have assigned a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is C$20.94.

AYA has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price target on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$23.00 to C$22.25 in a report on Monday, November 25th. CIBC set a C$24.00 target price on shares of Aya Gold & Silver and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Desjardins dropped their target price on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$24.00 to C$23.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 13th. Cibc World Mkts upgraded shares of Aya Gold & Silver to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Finally, National Bankshares dropped their target price on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$21.25 to C$20.75 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 11th.

Aya Gold & Silver Trading Down 2.5 %

TSE AYA opened at C$11.48 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is C$11.61 and its 200-day moving average price is C$14.14. The company has a current ratio of 2.06, a quick ratio of 3.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 34.69. The stock has a market cap of C$1.06 billion, a PE ratio of 135.63 and a beta of 1.40. Aya Gold & Silver has a 12 month low of C$9.71 and a 12 month high of C$19.56.

Insider Buying and Selling at Aya Gold & Silver

In other Aya Gold & Silver news, Senior Officer Ugo Landry-Tolszczuk sold 38,591 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$11.29, for a total transaction of C$435,761.85. Also, Director Benoit La Salle sold 64,244 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$11.27, for a total transaction of C$724,145.52. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 152,835 shares of company stock valued at $1,761,507. 10.18% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Aya Gold & Silver

Aya Gold & Silver Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, evaluation, and development of precious metals projects in Morocco. The company primarily explores for gold and silver deposits. Its flagship project is the Zgounder property located approximately 265 kms east of Agadir in the Proterozoic Siroua Massif of the Anti-Atlas Range, Morocco.