Brokerages Set Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA) Price Target at C$21.50

Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA - Get Free Report) has been assigned an average recommendation of "Buy" from the six research firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation, four have issued a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price target among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is C$21.38.

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on AYA. CIBC set a C$24.00 price target on Aya Gold & Silver and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Cormark dropped their price target on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$14.00 to C$13.00 in a report on Thursday. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their target price on shares of Aya Gold & Silver from C$23.00 to C$22.25 in a report on Monday, November 25th. Desjardins upgraded shares of Aya Gold & Silver to a "moderate buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, National Bankshares dropped their price target on Aya Gold & Silver from C$21.75 to C$21.25 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 9th.

Aya Gold & Silver Stock Down 0.8 %

AYA stock traded down C$0.09 on Wednesday, reaching C$11.68. 352,220 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 643,852. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of C$11.93 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$14.49. The company has a market cap of C$1.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 129.78 and a beta of 1.40. Aya Gold & Silver has a one year low of C$9.40 and a one year high of C$19.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.42, a current ratio of 2.66 and a quick ratio of 3.28.

Insider Transactions at Aya Gold & Silver

In other Aya Gold & Silver news, Senior Officer Ugo Landry-Tolszczuk sold 38,591 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$11.29, for a total value of C$435,761.85. Also, Director Benoit La Salle sold 64,244 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$11.27, for a total transaction of C$724,145.52. Insiders sold 152,835 shares of company stock worth $1,761,507 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 10.18% of the company's stock.

Aya Gold & Silver Company Profile

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.