Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA) Senior Officer Sells C$360,000.00 in Stock

Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA - Get Free Report) Senior Officer Alex Ball sold 30,000 shares of Aya Gold & Silver stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$12.00, for a total value of C$360,000.00.

Aya Gold & Silver Stock Down 0.7 %

Aya Gold & Silver stock traded down C$0.08 during midday trading on Monday, reaching C$12.02. The stock had a trading volume of 174,083 shares, compared to its average volume of 676,557. The company has a fifty day moving average price of C$12.36 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$14.73. The company has a market capitalization of C$1.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 133.56 and a beta of 1.40. The company has a current ratio of 2.66, a quick ratio of 3.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.42. Aya Gold & Silver Inc. has a 12 month low of C$9.40 and a 12 month high of C$19.56.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts recently commented on AYA shares. Cibc World Mkts upgraded Aya Gold & Silver to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Cormark cut shares of Aya Gold & Silver from a "speculative buy" rating to a "market perform" rating and decreased their price objective for the stock from C$20.00 to C$14.00 in a research report on Friday, November 15th. 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. CIBC set a C$24.00 price target on Aya Gold & Silver and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Finally, National Bankshares dropped their price objective 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. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Aya Gold & Silver presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of C$21.50.

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.

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