Aya Gold & Silver (TSE:AYA) Given a C$22.50 Price Target at Stifel Nicolaus

Stifel Nicolaus set a C$22.50 target price on Aya Gold & Silver (TSE:AYA) in a report released on Wednesday morning,BayStreet.CA reports. The brokerage currently has a buy rating on the stock.

Several other equities research analysts have also weighed in on AYA. Cormark cut their target price on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$14.00 to C$13.00 in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Cibc World Mkts upgraded shares of Aya Gold & Silver to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Desjardins cut 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. National Bankshares cut 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. Finally, 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. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of C$20.97.

Aya Gold & Silver Trading Down 2.7 %

AYA opened at C$12.90 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is C$11.91 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$13.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 34.69, a quick ratio of 3.28 and a current ratio of 2.06. The firm has a market cap of C$1.19 billion, a PE ratio of 152.40 and a beta of 1.40. Aya Gold & Silver has a twelve month low of C$10.12 and a twelve month high of C$19.56.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Senior Officer Alex Ball sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$12.08, for a total value of C$241,600.00. Also, Senior Officer Ugo Landry-Tolszczuk sold 38,591 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$11.29, for a total transaction of C$435,761.85. Insiders have sold a total of 152,835 shares of company stock worth $1,761,507 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 10.18% of the company’s stock.

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.