Western Copper and Gold Co. (TSE:WRN) Given Consensus Rating of "Buy" by Analysts

Shares of Western Copper and Gold Co. (TSE:WRN - Get Free Report) NYSE: WRN have been assigned a consensus rating of "Buy" from the four analysts that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is C$3.69.

WRN has been the topic of several recent research reports. Cormark raised shares of Western Copper and Gold to a "moderate buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday. Canaccord Genuity Group upgraded Western Copper and Gold to a "moderate buy" rating in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets set a C$3.00 price target on shares of Western Copper and Gold and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, January 30th.

Insider Buying and Selling at Western Copper and Gold

In other news, Senior Officer Paul George West-Sells sold 100,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, December 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$1.54, for a total transaction of C$153,600.00. Insiders own 16.29% of the company's stock.

Western Copper and Gold Stock Up 2.7 %

WRN traded up C$0.04 during trading on Wednesday, hitting C$1.51. 119,515 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 74,331. Western Copper and Gold has a fifty-two week low of C$1.27 and a fifty-two week high of C$2.27. The stock has a market cap of C$294.63 million, a P/E ratio of -50.27 and a beta of 2.04. The business's 50 day moving average is C$1.51 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$1.56. The company has a quick ratio of 5.52, a current ratio of 25.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02.

About Western Copper and Gold

Western Copper & Gold Corp is a Canada-based exploration-stage company. It is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and future development of resource properties. The company is developing the Casino project into Canada's premier copper-gold mine. It holds significant gold, copper reserves in its Casino project located in the Yukon, Canada.