Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSE:AYA - Get Free Report)'s stock price hit a new 52-week high during trading on Tuesday after Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on the stock from C$18.50 to C$23.00. The company traded as high as C$19.55 and last traded at C$19.50, with a volume of 297172 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at C$18.88.
Several other brokerages also recently weighed in on AYA. BMO Capital Markets set a C$21.50 target price on shares of Aya Gold & Silver and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday, July 22nd. National Bankshares reduced their price target on Aya Gold & Silver from C$22.00 to C$21.75 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 17th. Eight Capital upped their price objective on Aya Gold & Silver from C$22.00 to C$26.00 in a report on Thursday, July 11th. Finally, Desjardins raised their target price on Aya Gold & Silver from C$21.00 to C$26.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, July 22nd. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of C$21.46.
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Aya Gold & Silver Stock Performance
The stock has a market cap of C$2.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 214.44 and a beta of 1.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.42, a current ratio of 2.66 and a quick ratio of 3.28. The stock's 50-day moving average is C$16.24 and its 200-day moving average is C$14.85.
Aya Gold & Silver (TSE:AYA - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 14th. The company reported C$0.07 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of C$0.01 by C$0.06. The firm had revenue of C$18.72 million for the quarter. Aya Gold & Silver had a return on equity of 3.70% and a net margin of 22.31%. Analysts anticipate that Aya Gold & Silver Inc. will post 0.6384455 EPS for the current fiscal year.
About Aya Gold & Silver
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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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